8-letter words containing c, o, r, i
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- recision — an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- recommit — to commit again.
- renotice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- resorcin — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- retinoic — containing or derived from retinoid
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- rice box — (jargon) (From ham radio slang) Any Asian-made commodity computer, especially an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA or EISA-bus standards.
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- rickover — Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- rim lock — a lock nailed or screwed to one face of a door, gate, etc., as opposed to one built into its edge.
- riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
- rip cord — a cord on a parachute that, when pulled, opens the parachute for descent.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- robotics — the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- rocaille — Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- rock oil — petroleum.
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- rockling — any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- rollicky — rollicking or merry
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- ructions — disturbance
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- saprobic — saprophyte.
- sarcodic — pertaining to the sarcode or protoplasm of an animal
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scarious — thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scirocco — sirocco.
- scissors — scissors.
- sciuroid — sciurine.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scombrid — any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
- scorning — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scroggie — having scrogs upon it
- scroggin — a tramper's home-made high-calorie sweetmeat
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.