8-letter words containing c, a, b, i, r
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- cabrilla — any of various serranid food fishes, esp Epinephelus analogus, occurring in warm seas around Florida and the Caribbean
- 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
- cagebird — A bird kept in a cage.
- calabria — a region of SW Italy: mostly mountainous and subject to earthquakes. Chief town: Reggio di Calabria. Pop: 2 007 392 (2003 est). Area: 15 080 sq km (5822 sq miles)
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- cambrian — of, denoting, or formed in the first 65 million years of the Palaeozoic era, during which marine invertebrates, esp trilobites, flourished
- cambrick — Obsolete form of cambric.
- capibara — a South American tailless rodent, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, living along the banks of rivers and lakes, having partly webbed feet: the largest living rodent.
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- carbamic — of or derived from carbamic acid.
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- caribees — See under Antilles.
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- 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
- claribel — a female given name.
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- crabbily — in a crabby manner
- crabbing — Informal. an ill-tempered or grouchy person.
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
- cribbage — a game of cards for two to four, in which players try to win a set number of points before their opponents
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- gabbroic — Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro.
- isobaric — Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- liberace — (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) 1919–87, U.S. pianist and entertainer.
- lubrical — Obsolete form of lubric.
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- micawber — a person who idles and trusts to fortune