10-letter words containing s, e, r, i, c, a
- centralist — Centralist organizations govern a country or organize things using one central group of people who control and instruct everyone else.
- ceramicist — a person who makes ceramics.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- cerevisiae — (informal) The species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer's yeast.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
- charles ii — known as Charles the Bald. 823–877 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (875–877) and, as Charles I, king of France (843–877)
- charles iv — known as Charles the Fair. 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
- charles ix — 1550–74, king of France (1560–74), son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II: his reign was marked by war between Huguenots and Catholics
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- charles xi — 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), who established an absolute monarchy and defeated Denmark (1678)
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chimaerism — the insertion of cells of a different genetic make-up into a fetus or embryo
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- cicatrices — Plural form of cicatrix; scars.
- cicatrizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cicatrize.
- cigar case — a case of a suitable size and shape to hold cigars
- cigarettes — Plural form of cigarette.
- circensial — relating to the Roman circuses
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- classifier — a person or thing that classifies.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- conacreism — the Irish system of letting farming land for a season or for eleven months
- containers — Plural form of container.
- contraries — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- corallines — Plural form of coralline.
- coriaceous — of or resembling leather
- coronaries — Plural form of coronary.
- covariates — Plural form of covariate.
- crabbiness — the state of being crabby
- crack wise — to joke or gibe
- craftiness — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- cragginess — The state of being craggy.
- cranesbill — any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having pink or purple flowers and long slender beaked fruits: family Geraniaceae
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- crappiness — extremely bad, unpleasant, or inferior; lousy: crappy weather.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine