8-letter words containing c, n, a, r
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- pernancy — a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.
- picarian — a bird belonging to the picariae division of birds, which is extensive and includes woodpeckers, toucans and kingfishers among many more
- picaroon — a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- pindaric — of, relating to, or in the style of Pindar.
- pitcairn — British island in Polynesia, in the South Pacific: 1.8 sq mi (4.6 sq km); pop. 54
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- prancing — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- priscian — flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- rabbinic — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- raccoons — Plural form of raccoon.
- racinage — decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- raciness — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- radiance — radiant brightness or light: the radiance of the tropical sun.
- radiancy — radiance.
- radicand — the quantity under a radical sign.
- radicant — rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- rampancy — a rampant condition or position.
- rancagua — a city in central Chile.
- ranchero — a rancher.
- ranching — an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- ranchman — a rancher.
- rancidly — in a rancid manner
- randwick — a city in E New South Wales, SE Australia, on Botany Bay and the Pacific Ocean: a suburb of Sydney.
- re-enact — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- reaccent — to accent again
- reactant — a person or thing that reacts.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reagency — the quality or condition of being a reagent
- reaginic — relating to or caused by a reagin, or functioning as a reagin
- reascend — to ascend again
- reascent — a further ascent
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- recaning — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recreant — cowardly or craven.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- relacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- revanche — the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).