8-letter words containing c, h, i, r, o
- chromize — to plate with chromium
- chronics — Plural form of chronic.
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coarsish — quite coarse
- cohering — Present participle of cohere.
- coinhere — to inhere together
- corcaigh — a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
- corniche — a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crossish — slightly cross; peevish
- dichroic — (of a solution or uniaxial crystal) exhibiting dichroism
- enchoric — Alternative form of enchorial.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- exorheic — (of a lake or basin) Externally drained; having one or more outlets.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goodrich — Samuel Griswold [griz-wuh ld,, -wohld,, -wawld] /ˈgrɪz wəld,, -woʊld,, -wɔld/ (Show IPA), ("Peter Parley") 1793–1860, U.S. author and publisher.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- hormonic — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- horrific — causing horror.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- isochore — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- korchnoi — Victor. 1931–2016, Soviet-born chess player: Soviet champion 1960, 1962, and 1964: defected to the West in 1976
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- micromho — one millionth of a mho or siemens
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- orchesis — the art of dance
- orchido- — testicle
- orchises — Plural form of orchis.
- orchitis — inflammation of the testis.
- orichalc — a yellow alloy derived from gold or copper