8-letter words containing a, c, e, r, o
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- ecofreak — a zealous or overly zealous environmentalist or preservationist.
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- escolars — Plural form of escolar.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- eurocard — A range of standard circuit board sizes. Normal double Eurocard = 233.4 x 160 mm Extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 220 mm Super extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 250 mm Hyper extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 280 mm
- eurocrat — European Union official
- evocator — Someone who evokes.
- exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
- facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- farouche — fierce.
- footcare — of or relating to the care of one's feet: a footcare specialist.
- footrace — a race run by contestants on foot.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foreface — the area of the head that is in front of the eyes: applied especially to four-legged mammals.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hexacore — (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of six cores.
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lacrosse — a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lecanora — any of various crustaceous lichens of the genus Lecanora, some of which are eaten and some of which are used in dyeing
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- marcello — Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1686–1739, Italian composer.
- megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- merodach — Marduk.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- mordecai — the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.