8-letter words containing c, h, r, o, n
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- enchoric — Alternative form of enchorial.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- 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.
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- 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.
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- 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
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- 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.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- ornithic — of or relating to birds.
- orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- parochin — a parish
- ranchero — a rancher.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rondache — a small, round shield
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- synchro- — indicating synchronization
- torching — a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- trichion — the point of intersection of the normal hairline and the middle line of the forehead.
- unanchor — to remove or loose from anchor
- unheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.