8-letter words containing c, a, r, n, t
- recreant — cowardly or craven.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- sanscrit — Sanskrit
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sortance — suitableness
- stancher — staunch2 .
- taciturn — inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- tank car — Railroads. a car containing one or more tanks for the transportation of liquids, gases, or granular solids.
- tarascan — a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- thracian — of or relating to Thrace or its inhabitants.
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- torrance — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- town car — an automobile having an enclosed rear seat separated by a glass partition from the open driver's seat.
- tracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- trackman — a person who assists in inspecting, installing, or maintaining railroad tracks.
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- tranched — Finance. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
- tranchet — a stone implement with a horizontal, chisellike cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adz, and in microlithic form, often mounted as the cutting head of an arrow.
- trancing — a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- transact — to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- transect — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- trichina — a nematode, Trichinella spiralis, the adults of which live in the intestine and produce larvae that encyst in the muscle tissue, especially in pigs, rats, and humans.
- tridacna — a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- truchman — an interpreter
- truckman — a truckdriver.
- truncate — to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turnback — a part of a garment or similar item that is folded or turned back
- turncoat — a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- tyrannic — of or characteristic of a tyrant.
- uncreate — to dismantle or unmake
- underact — to play (a role) without adequate emphasis
- unstarch — to free from stiffness
- untraced — (of something missing or hidden) not tracked down or found
- urticant — producing a stinging or itching sensation.
- xerantic — pertaining to xeransis