8-letter words containing c, h, r, o
- 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.
- gralloch — the entrails of a deer
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- guacharo — a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.
- hackwork — writing, painting, or any professional work done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hectored — Simple past form of hector.
- hectorer — a person who bullies or hectors
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- hexacore — (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of six cores.
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- holarchy — a system composed of interacting holons
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- 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.
- horchata — (in Spain and Latin American countries) a milky drink made from ground almonds, tiger nuts, or rice.
- 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.
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- huaracho — huarache.
- 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.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- 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.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- korchnoi — Victor. 1931–2016, Soviet-born chess player: Soviet champion 1960, 1962, and 1964: defected to the West in 1976
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- larrocha — Alicia de [ah-lee-thyah th e,, -syah] /ɑˈli θyɑ ðɛ,, -syɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2009, Spanish concert pianist.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.