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Words starting with CIR

There are 160 words starting with CIR in the standard word-game list. The most common are circumstances, circle, circus, circuit, circulation, circling.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
circumstancesyour overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)21
circleellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant…10
circusa travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals10
circuitan electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow11
circulationthe dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)15
circlingA circular motion.13
circumstancea condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity20
circumstantialfully detailed and specific about particulars20
circularhaving the shape or form of a circle12
circledMarked with a surrounding circle or ellipse; ringed.12
circulatingpassing from one to another16
circulatebecome widely known and passed on13
circumcisedHaving had the foreskin of the penis excised.20
circuitryelectronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits16
circumcision(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on…20
cirquea steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake17
circumferencethe size of something as given by the distance around it24
circulatedDistributed about a circuit15
circaApproximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)9
cirrhosisa chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism14
circumventsurround so as to force to give up19
circulatoryof or relating to circulation18
circadianof or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals14
circinateshaped like a ring13
circinatelyIn a circinate fashion.18
circlerOne who circles, or makes a circular motion.11
circleta small circle11
circuitalOf or pertaining to a circuit.13
circuitingCircuitous movement15
circuitousmarked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct14
circuitouslyIn a circuitous manner; following a circuitous route.19
circuitousnessThe state of being roundabout, indirect or not to the point.18
circuityA circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something.15
circularisecanvass by distributing letters15
circularitythe roundness of a 2-dimensional figure18
circularizationcirculating printed notices as a means of advertising28
circularizecanvass by distributing letters24
circularizedPublicized using circulars26
circularlyin a circular manner17
circularnessThe state or quality of being circular.16
circulatableCapable of being circulated.18
circulativeof or relating to circulation18
circulatorA person or thing that causes something to circulate14
circumambientIncluding all aspects of; encompassing.23
circumambientlyIn a circumambient manner.28
circumambulatewalk around something24
circumambulationThe act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.26
circumcenterThe center of a circumcircle (the circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle or other…20
circumcircleA circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle (or other polygon where possible)22
circumcisecut the skin over the clitoris18
circumciserA person who performs circumcision.19
circumferentiallying around or just outside the edges or outskirts24
circumflexa diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality26
circumfluentFlowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.21
circumfluousCircumfluent21
circumfusespread something around something19
circumfusionDiffusion, suffusion21
circumjacentLying or located in the area around something.27
circumlocutiona style that involves indirect ways of expressing things22
circumlocutoryroundabout and unnecessarily wordy25

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