8-letter words containing a, n, c, r
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- charring — Present participle of char.
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- cinerama — wide-screen presentation of films using either three separate 35mm projectors or one 70mm projector to produce an image on a large deeply curved screen
- cinerary — holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
- cinereal — relating to the grey matter of the brain and nervous system
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- cinnabar — a bright red or brownish-red mineral form of mercuric sulphide (mercury(II) sulphide), found close to areas of volcanic activity and hot springs. It is the main commercial source of mercury. Formula: HgS. Crystal structure: hexagonal
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clangers — Plural form of clanger.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clarence — a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, having a glass front
- clarinda — a female given name, form of Clara.
- clarinet — A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- clarting — Present participle of clart.
- clathrin — a basketlike network of protein molecules that forms on the cell membrane in response to the attachment of ligands to receptors and becomes the inside surface of the coated vesicle during endocytosis.
- clayborn — a male given name.
- cleaners — A person or thing that cleans something, in particular.
- cleanser — A cleanser is a liquid or cream that you use for cleaning your skin.
- clearing — A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
- clorinda — a female given name.
- cnidaria — an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- cocinera — (in Mexico) a female cook
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- colinear — collinear.
- colorant — A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
- 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
- conarium — the pineal gland
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.