8-letter words containing a, n, c, r, d
- conrad i — died a.d. 918, king of Germany 911–918.
- cordovan — a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- coronado — Franˈcisˈco Vásquez de (fʀɑnˈðisˈkɔ vɑskɛð ðɛ) ; fränthēsˈk^ō väsˈketh the) 1510?-54?; Sp. explorer of what is now the Southwest in the U.S.
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- crandall — Prudence, 1803–90, U.S. educator and civil-rights activist.
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- crannied — full of crannies or chinks
- cravened — Simple past tense and past participle of craven.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- credenza — a type of buffet or sideboard
- crenated — Crenate.
- 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)
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- dancerly — characteristic of or moving like a dancer; having the skills or physique of a dancer.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decanter — A decanter is a glass container that you use for serving wine, sherry, or port.
- decenary — of or relating to a tithing
- deracine — uprooted
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- dracaena — any treelike tropical plant of the genus Dracaena, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy leaves.
- draconic — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draconid — any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- encradle — to put in a cradle
- endarchy — a central government
- 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).
- flancard — a piece of armour covering a horse's flank
- fricando — fricandeau.
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hand-car — a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- handcart — a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- landrace — one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- nectared — Imbued or abounding with nectar.
- nocardia — any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.