8-letter words containing c, o, n, r, e
- counter- — Counter- is used to form words which refer to actions or activities that are intended to prevent other actions or activities or that respond to them.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
- couponer — a person who seeks out or saves discount coupons, as for buying grocery items.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowinner — one of a number of winners
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- cremorne — a crumhorn
- creodont — any of a group of extinct Tertiary mammals some of which are thought to have been the ancestors of modern carnivores: order Carnivora
- cretonne — a heavy cotton or linen fabric with a printed design, used for furnishing
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- cromorne — crumhorn.
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- crowners — Plural form of crowner.
- crownets — Plural form of crownet.
- crownlet — a small crown
- cryogens — Plural form of cryogen.
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decurion — a local councillor
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- electron — A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- enchoric — Alternative form of enchorial.
- encierro — the Spanish bull-run, in which bulls are driven through streets to a bullring
- encloser — (now, chiefly, historical) Someone who appropriates common land.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- encoring — Present participle of encore.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- enforced — Caused by necessity or force ; compulsory.
- enforcer — One who enforces.
- enforces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enforce.
- ensorcel — Alternative form of ensorcell.
- entropic — Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- erection — The action of erecting a structure or object.
- ericsson — John1803-89; U.S. naval engineer & inventor, born in Sweden: builder of the Monitor
- exocrine — Relating to or denoting glands that secrete their products through ducts opening onto an epithelium rather than directly into the bloodstream.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- fencerow — the uncultivated land on each side of and below a fence.