8-letter words containing a, c, r, l
- collaret — a small collar
- collator — a person or machine that collates texts or manuscripts
- colorado — a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop: 4 550 688 (2003 est). Area: 269 998 sq km (104 247 sq miles)
- colorant — A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
- colorate — To apply color to something, make colourful.
- colorway — (arts) The scheme of two or more colors in which a design is available. It is often used to describe variegated or ombre (shades of one color) print yarns, fabric, or thread. It can also be applied to apparel, to wallpaper and other interior design motifs, and to specifications for printed materials such as magazines or newspapers.
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- conarial — of or relating to the conarium
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- conelrad — a US defence and information system used between 1951 and 1963 in the event of air attack
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- contrail — a white trail of condensed water vapor that sometimes forms in the wake of an aircraft; vapor trail
- coplanar — lying in the same plane
- coracles — Plural form of coracle.
- coral 66 — A real-time system programming language derived from JOVIAL and ALGOL 60. It was adopted as the British military standard from 1970 until the arrival of Ada.
- corallum — the skeleton of any zoophyte, esp that of a coral colony
- cordelia — a feminine name
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- corelate — to correlate.
- corn law — any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846.
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- cornelia — a feminine name
- cornflag — a gladiolus, any iridaceous plant of the genus Gladiolus
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- cornmeal — Cornmeal is a powder made from maize. It is used in cooking.
- cornwall — a former administrative county of SW England; became a unitary authority in 2009: hilly, with a deeply indented coastline. Administrative centre: Truro. Pop: 513 500 (2003 est). Area: 3564 sq km (1376 sq miles)
- coronial — of or relating to a coroner
- corporal — A corporal is a non-commissioned officer in the army or United States Marines.
- corrival — rival
- cortical — of a cortex
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- 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.
- crabbily — in a crabby manner
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crackled — Simple past tense and past participle of crackle.
- crackles — Plural form of crackle.
- cracknel — a type of hard plain biscuit
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- craftily — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- craggily — full of crags.
- crandall — Prudence, 1803–90, U.S. educator and civil-rights activist.
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- crankily — In a cranky manner.
- cranwell — a village in E England, in Lincolnshire: Royal Air Force College (1920)
- crapplet — (web, abuse) A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- crateful — (informal) As much as a crate would hold.