8-letter words containing a, c, r, o
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamorer — Alternative spelling of clamourer.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clamworm — any of several burrowing polychaete worms of the genus Nereis, used as bait for fishing.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- clayborn — a male given name.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- clear of — If something or someone is a certain amount clear of a competitor, they are that amount ahead of them in a competition or race.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- clochard — a tramp
- clorinda — a female given name.
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.
- coadmire — to admire together
- coal car — a railroad car designed for transporting coal
- coal tar — Coal tar is a thick black liquid made from coal which is used for making drugs and chemical products.
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coappear — to appear jointly
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsest — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coasters — Plural form of coaster.
- coatrack — a rack or stand for the temporary hanging or storing of coats, hats, etc.
- coatroom — A coatroom is the same as a coat check.
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cochlear — a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- cocinera — (in Mexico) a female cook
- cocreate — to create jointly
- cofactor — a number associated with an element in a square matrix, equal to the determinant of the matrix formed by removing the row and column in which the element appears from the given determinant
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
- coleader — a fellow leader
- colinear — collinear.
- collards — A cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart.
- collared — the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- 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)