8-letter words containing c, i, r, o
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- bornitic — of or relating to bornite
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- bricktop — a person having red or reddish-brown hair.
- broccoli — Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- capoeira — a movement discipline combining martial art and dance, which originated among African slaves in 19th-century Brazil
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- cardioid — a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 – cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle
- cariacou — any of several deer of the American subgenus Cariacus
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- cariocan — a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)
- carol ii — 1893–1953, king of Romania (1930–40), who was deposed by the Iron Guard
- carolina — a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carriole — cariole
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn