8-letter words containing c, o, r, a
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- sorocaba — a city in SE Brazil, W of São Paulo.
- sortance — suitableness
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sycamore — Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
- theocrat — a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity, or is a member of the ruling group in a theocracy, as a divine king or a high priest.
- thoracal — of or relating to the thorax.
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- thoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- thoraco- — thorax
- torcular — a tourniquet or bandage
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- torrance — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- town car — an automobile having an enclosed rear seat separated by a glass partition from the open driver's seat.
- toxocara — a parasitic worm infesting the intestines of cats and dogs
- tracheo- — denoting the trachea
- trachoma — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- traprock — trap3 .
- triazoic — hydrazoic.
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- trochaic — pertaining to the trochee.
- trochlea — a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- tropical — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- turbocar — a car driven by a gas turbine
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turncoat — a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- unanchor — to remove or loose from anchor
- varactor — a semiconductor diode whose capacitance changes to match applied voltage, used to tune circuits by varying the reactance.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- veronica — a female given name.
- victoria — a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- victrola — a gramophone
- voracity — the condition or quality of being voracious.
- vortical — of or relating to a vortex.
- wardcorn — a payment of corn in the feudal law system
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- waycross — a city in SE Georgia.
- wormcast — A small pile of sand or soil, the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm.
- x factor — an unknown or unexplained element that makes something more interesting or valuable
- xylocarp — a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp
- zircaloy — any of various alloys containing about 98% zirconium, 1.5% tin, etc., that are resistant to corrosion and high temperatures and are used to contain fuel in nuclear reactors, etc.
- zirconia — Chemistry. a white, heavy, amorphous, odorless and tasteless, infusible, water-insoluble powder, ZrO 2 , used chiefly as a pigment for paints, an abrasive, and in the manufacture of refractory crucibles.