8-letter words containing c, h, r
- clerihew — a form of comic or satiric verse, consisting of two couplets of metrically irregular lines, containing the name of a well-known person
- clerkish — Like or resembling a clerk.
- cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
- clincher — A clincher is a fact or argument that finally proves something, settles a dispute, or helps someone achieve a victory.
- clithral — (of a classical temple) roofed over.
- clochard — a tramp
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- clubrush — any rush of the genus Scirpus
- clutcher — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cochlear — a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- coherent — If something is coherent, it is well planned, so that it is clear and sensible and all its parts go well with each other.
- cohering — Present participle of cohere.
- coholder — one of two or more people who hold a title, deed, record, etc, at the same time
- coinhere — to inhere together
- comether — the act of persuading or coaxing
- copperah — copra.
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- 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)
- cornhole — to have anal intercourse with.
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- corniche — a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- coryphee — leading dancer of a corps de ballet
- cosherer — a person who coshers
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- covereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover.
- cowherds — Plural form of cowherd.
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
- crachach — (in Wales) members of a cultural elite
- crankish — mildly eccentric
- crashers — Plural form of crasher.
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- crashpad — a place to sleep or live temporarily
- cratches — a crib for fodder; manger.
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- crenshaw — a hybrid variety of melon with yellow skin and pale pink flesh
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crochets — Plural form of crochet.
- cromlech — a circle of prehistoric standing stones
- crossish — slightly cross; peevish
- crotched — Having a crotch or fork; forked.