8-letter words containing c, r, a, n
- carvings — Plural form of carving.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- caterina — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- caverned — (poetic) Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centeral — Misspelling of central.
- centiare — a unit of area equal to one square metre
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- centrale — (anatomy) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cerulean — a deep blue colour; azure
- cesarean — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chairman — The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chancers — Plural form of chancer.
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- chandler — a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- changers — Plural form of changer.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chanters — Plural form of chanter.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- characin — any small carnivorous freshwater cyprinoid fish of the family Characidae, of Central and South America and Africa. They are similar to the carps but more brightly coloured
- charanga — a type of orchestra used in performing traditional Cuban music
- charango — an Andean ten-stringed instrument of the lute family
- charente — a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
- charging — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charlene — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charmian — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- charnels — Plural form of charnel.