10-letter words containing s, i, r, c
- creameries — Plural form of creamery.
- creaminess — containing cream.
- creditless — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- creepiness — having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crepitate.
- crescentic — a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- crescively — in a crescive or increasing manner
- crest rail — the carved or profiled top rail of a chair, settee, or sofa.
- crevassing — Present participle of crevasse.
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- cricketers — Plural form of cricketer.
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crinolines — Plural form of crinoline.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- crispbread — Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.
- crispiness — The state of being crispy.
- crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.
- crisscross — to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern
- cristiform — crest-shaped
- criteria's — a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- criterions — Plural form of criterion.
- criticised — to censure or find fault with.
- criticiser — (British) alternative spelling of criticizer.
- criticises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticise.
- criticisms — the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.
- criticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticize.
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crocosmias — Plural form of crocosmia.
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross wind — a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.
- cross wire — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-file — to register as a candidate in more than one party's primary election
- cross-fire — lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- crossbills — Plural form of crossbill.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play
- crossfires — Plural form of crossfire.
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- crosslines — Plural form of crossline.