8-letter words containing c, r, e, a
- archaize — to give an archaic appearance or character to, as by the use of archaisms
- archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
- archetto — a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- archiver — One who, or that which, archives.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- archmage — A very powerful mage.
- archness — the quality of being arch, or saucily mischievous
- archwise — like an arch
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- argentic — of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state
- argerich — Martha. born 1941, Argentinian concert pianist
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- artefact — An artefact is an ornament, tool, or other object that is made by a human being, especially one that is historically or culturally interesting.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- ascender — the part of certain lower-case letters, such as b or h, that extends above the body of the letter
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- attacher — Someone who attaches.
- attacker — You can refer to a person who attacks someone as their attacker.
- attercop — a spider
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- backread — (Internet, slang, especially in IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- balancer — a person or thing that balances
- balearic — of or relating to the Balearic Islands
- bar code — A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
- barbecue — A barbecue is a piece of equipment which you use for cooking on in the open air.
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- barcoded — having a barcode
- bareback — If you ride bareback, you ride a horse without a saddle.
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bear cub — a baby bear