8-letter words containing c, o, a, t, r
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- car boot — the place at the back of a car for putting luggage in
- car coat — a short man's coat, designed to be worn when driving a car
- car port — A car port is a shelter for cars which is attached to a house and consists of a flat roof supported on pillars.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlotta — a feminine name
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carports — Plural form of carport.
- carrycot — A carrycot is a small bed for babies which has handles so it can be carried.
- carryout — designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
- cart off — to carry or remove brusquely or by force
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- cartoony — cartoonish
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- cartroad — a rough track or road in a rural area
- carveout — A small company created from a larger one.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castrato — (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice
- cat door — a small door or flap in a larger door through which a cat can pass
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- caveator — a person who enters a caveat
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- coal tar — Coal tar is a thick black liquid made from coal which is used for making drugs and chemical products.
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- coarsest — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coasters — Plural form of coaster.
- coatrack — a rack or stand for the temporary hanging or storing of coats, hats, etc.
- coatroom — A coatroom is the same as a coat check.
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.