10-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c
- 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.
- cigarettes — Plural form of cigarette.
- circuities — Plural form of circuity.
- circuitous — A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- 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
- citronalis — lemon verbena.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- 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
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- clustering — cluster
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- coiffurist — a person who styles hair, especially for women.
- coinvestor — a fellow investor
- coloristic — having to do with color or the use of color
- 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.
- compositor — A compositor is a person who arranges the text and pictures of a book, magazine, or newspaper before it is printed.
- con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
- concretise — to make concrete, real, or particular; give tangible or definite form to: to concretize abstractions.
- concretism — the practice of representing abstract concepts in concrete terms
- concretist — a person who represents abstract concepts in concrete terms
- conformist — Someone who is conformist behaves or thinks like everyone else rather than doing things that are original.
- conscripts — Plural form of conscript.
- consistory — the court of a diocese (other than Canterbury) administering ecclesiastical law
- consortial — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- consorting — a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch. Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consortion — a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch. Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consortism — symbiosis
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- constrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrain.
- constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- constricts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrict.
- constringe — to shrink or contract
- construing — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- containers — Plural form of container.
- contorsion — Misspelling of contortion.
- contraries — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- contrivers — Plural form of contriver.
- coprolites — Plural form of coprolite.
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- corbiestep — one of a series of steps at the upper end wall of some gables