8-letter words containing c, h, r, o
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- merodach — Marduk.
- micromho — one millionth of a mho or siemens
- 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.
- moochers — Plural form of moocher.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- 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.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- ocherous — any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- ochreous — ocher.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- 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
- 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.
- orthotic — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- overarch — to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
- overmuch — If something happens overmuch, it happens too much or very much.
- overrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density
- parochin — a parish
- poechore — a dry region
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- porkchop — a chop of pork.
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- pre-echo — something that has preceded and anticipated something else; precursor
- prochoos — an elongated form of the oinochoe.
- prophecy — the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- psychro- — cold
- racahout — a substance similar to chocolate prepared as either a food or drink and made from acorns and cocoa
- ranchero — a rancher.
- rechoose — to choose (something or someone) again
- reclothe — to clothe (someone or something) again or provide new clothing for (someone)