8-letter words containing c, h, r
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- archiver — One who, or that which, archives.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- archmage — A very powerful mage.
- archness — the quality of being arch, or saucily mischievous
- archways — Plural form of archway.
- archwise — like an arch
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- argerich — Martha. born 1941, Argentinian concert pianist
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- armpatch — an insignia, badge, slogan, or the like sewn on the sleeve of a uniform shirt or jacket or affixed to an armband to indicate one's affiliation, sponsorship, rank, etc.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- ashcroft — Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- atrichia — congenital absence or loss of hair.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attacher — Someone who attaches.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bedrench — to drench thoroughly; soak
- berachah — berakhah.
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- bescorch — to scorch badly
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- bichrome — having two colours
- birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch
- bitchery — spiteful talk
- blancher — someone who blanches
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- blencher — someone employed to scare or obstruct
- bluchers — a strong, leather half boot.
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- botchery — an instance of botched workmanship
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- brancher — a young bird which has left the nest but which is not yet fully able to fly
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- branchia — a gill in aquatic animals
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.