8-letter words containing a, c, o, r
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)
- coverage — The coverage of something in the news is the reporting of it.
- coverall — a thing that covers something entirely
- cowalker — A phantom or astral body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelganger.
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- cowardry — Lb uncommon Cowardice.
- cowgrass — the common name for Trefolium medium, a species of Trefoil; also applied to the commonly cultivated form of red clover
- crabwood — a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
- crack on — If you crack on with something, you continue doing it, especially with more effort than before, or as quickly as possible.
- crackpot — If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- crampoon — Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe).
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- crannogs — Plural form of crannog.
- cranston — city in R.I.: suburb of Providence: pop. 79,000
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- crawford — Joan, real name Lucille le Sueur. 1908–77, US film actress, who portrayed ambitious women in such films as Mildred Pierce (1945)
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- cream of — creamed purée of
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- creators — Plural form of creator.
- cremator — a furnace for cremating corpses
- croakers — Plural form of croaker.
- croakily — In a croaky manner.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- croceate — saffron-coloured
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cromorna — a reed stop in an organ giving an oboe-like tone
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crossarm — a horizontal bar or arm
- crossbar — A crossbar is a horizontal piece of wood attached to two upright pieces, for example a part of the goal in football.
- crossman — Richard (Howard Stafford). 1907–74, British Labour politician. His diaries, published posthumously as the Crossman Papers (1975), revealed details of cabinet discussions
- crossway — a junction
- crostata — A kind of Italian baked tart.
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- crowbars — Plural form of crowbar.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature