8-letter words containing c, i, r, o
- crim con — criminal conversation
- crinoids — Plural form of crinoid.
- criollos — Plural form of criollo.
- croakily — In a croaky manner.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crocoite — a rare orange secondary mineral consisting of lead chromate in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: PbCrO4
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- cropsick — unwell as a result of excessive eating or drinking
- crosiers — Plural form of crosier.
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crossish — slightly cross; peevish
- crosstie — a sleeper between rails on a railway
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
- croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
- croupily — in a croupy manner
- crow jim — reverse racism; racism by Black people against White people
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- crowd in — If problems or thoughts crowd in on you, a lot of them happen to you or affect you at the same time, so that they occupy all your attention and make you feel unable to escape.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- cruzeiro — a former monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the cruzeiro real
- cryolite — a white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium in monoclinic crystalline form: used in the production of aluminium, glass, and enamel. Formula: Na3AlF6
- cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
- cubiform — having the shape of a cube
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curculio — any of various American weevils, esp Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), a pest of fruit trees
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- decurion — a local councillor
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- dicaprio — Leonardo. born 1974, US film actor; his films include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), and Django Unchained (2012)
- dichroic — (of a solution or uniaxial crystal) exhibiting dichroism
- dicrotic — having or relating to a double pulse for each heartbeat
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- dioritic — Containing diorite.