8-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- crostata — A kind of Italian baked tart.
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- curatory — the office of a curator
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
- dartford — a town in SE England, in NW Kent. Pop: 56 818 (2001)
- dartmoor — a moorland plateau in SW England, in SW Devon: a national park since 1951. Area: 945 sq km (365 sq miles)
- dartrous — of or pertaining to dartre
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- dermato- — indicating skin
- derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dog star — the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- donatary — the recipient of a donation
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- donatory — a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- dynatron — an electron tube, usually a tetrode, that produces an oscillating current at certain frequencies
- eat crow — any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- elevator — A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- emulator — A person or thing that emulates.
- ephorate — The office of an ephor; ephors collectively.
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.