8-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- conarium — the pineal gland
- 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
- conferva — any of various threadlike green algae, esp any of the genus Tribonema, typically occurring in fresh water
- congaree — river in S.C., joining the Wateree to form the Santee River: 52 mi (84 km)
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- congrats — congratulations
- congratz — (Internet slang) congratulations.
- conrad i — died a.d. 918, king of Germany 911–918.
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- contrail — a white trail of condensed water vapor that sometimes forms in the wake of an aircraft; vapor trail
- contrair — contrary
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- contrast — A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
- contrate — (of gears, esp the gears of watches) having teeth set at a right angle to the axis
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- coparent — a fellow parent
- copatron — a fellow patron
- coplanar — lying in the same plane
- coramine — a drug, C10H14N2O, which is a circulatory stimulant and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, hence preventing its use by athletes
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- corantos — Plural form of coranto.
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- cordovan — a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- corn law — any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846.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.
- corncake — a cornmeal flatbread
- 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.
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- 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)
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- 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.
- coronary — Coronary means belonging or relating to the heart.
- coronate — to crown (a person)
- coronial — of or relating to a coroner
- corpsman — a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer
- corrigan — Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
- corsican — of or relating to Corsica or its inhabitants
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- 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