8-letter words containing a, r, o
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brouhaha — A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- browbeat — If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
- bryozoan — any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies of polyps each having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore)
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- cab-over — a truck tractor or other vehicle in which the cab is located over the engine.
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- caboceer — (formerly) an African native appointed by his leader to supply European slave traders with slaves
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- call for — If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- camporee — a local meeting or assembly of Scouts
- camwhore — a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- cannonry — a volley of artillery fire
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cap rock — a layer of rock that overlies a salt dome and consists of limestone, gypsum, etc
- capeador — a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.
- capework — the use of the cape by the matador
- capoeira — a movement discipline combining martial art and dance, which originated among African slaves in 19th-century Brazil
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- car bomb — A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.
- car boot — the place at the back of a car for putting luggage in
- car coat — a short man's coat, designed to be worn when driving a car
- car pool — A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English, car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car.