8-letter words containing c, o, r, t
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- curatory — the office of a curator
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- deductor — One who deducts tax.
- defector — A defector is someone who leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- detector — A detector is an instrument which is used to discover that something is present somewhere, or to measure how much of something there is.
- dicrotic — having or relating to a double pulse for each heartbeat
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- dioritic — Containing diorite.
- diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctored — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctorly — having the qualities or characteristics of a doctor
- doctorow — E(dgar) L(aurence) born 1931, U.S. author and editor.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- dorticos — Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado) 1919–83, Cuban lawyer and statesman: president 1959–76.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- eat crow — any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- ectoderm — the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- ectomere — any of the blastomeres that participate in the development of the ectoderm.
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- ectropic — pertaining to ectropion
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- effector — Also, effecter. a person or thing that effects.
- ejectors — Plural form of ejector.
- electors — Plural form of elector.
- electro- — Electro- is used to form words that refer to electricity or processes involving electricity.
- 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.
- electros — Plural form of electro.
- elicitor — A person or thing that elicits.
- emictory — relating to emiction, the passing of urine
- entropic — Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- erection — The action of erecting a structure or object.
- erectors — Plural form of erector.
- erotetic — pertaining to a rhetorical question
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.