10-letter words containing r, u, i
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterized — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterize.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cefuroxime — (pharmaceutical drug) A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- centrifuge — A centrifuge is a machine that spins mixtures of different substances around very quickly so that they separate by centrifugal force.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- certitudes — Plural form of certitude.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- charcutier — a pork butcher.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- chequering — Present participle of chequer.
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- cherublike — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chiricahua — a member of an Apache Indian group, formerly located in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, now living primarily in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
- chirruping — Present participle of chirrup.
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgery — surgery.
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chundering — vomit.
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- churchlike — resembling or appropriate to a church: churchlike silence.
- churlishly — In a churlish manner.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- cincturing — Present participle of cincture.
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation