10-letter words containing s, e, r, i, c
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- christless — being without the teachings or spirit of Christ; unchristian.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- 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
- circuities — Plural form of circuity.
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- circumcise — If a boy or man is circumcised, the loose skin at the end of his penis is cut off.
- circumfuse — to pour or spread (a liquid, powder, etc) around
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- cis person — a person who is cisgender or cissexual.
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- civilizers — Plural form of civilizer.
- 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.
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- clustering — cluster
- 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
- coconspire — (intransitive) To conspire together with.
- codiscover — to discover jointly
- coheirship — The state of being a coheir.
- coinvestor — a fellow investor
- collieries — Plural form of colliery.
- colonisers — Plural form of coloniser.
- colonizers — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colorslide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- come first — If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- compersion — The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy, such as in witnessing a toddler's joy and feeling joy in response.
- compromise — A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.
- conacreism — the Irish system of letting farming land for a season or for eleven months