8-letter words containing c, r, e, b
- corbeled — Alternative form of corbelled.
- cowberry — a creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crabmeat — Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat.
- crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
- cravable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- credible — Credible means able to be trusted or believed.
- credibly — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- creekbed — Alternative spelling of creek bed.
- crew cab — A crew cab is a cab in a vehicle such as a fire engine that has been extended with a second row of seats to carry additional crew.
- cribbage — a game of cards for two to four, in which players try to win a set number of points before their opponents
- cribbers — Plural form of cribber.
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
- crumbled — Simple past tense and past participle of crumble.
- crumbles — Plural form of crumble.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cucumber — A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads.
- cumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of cumber.
- cumberer — Someone or something that cumbers.
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- curbless — with no curb or restraint
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- cuthbert — Saint. ?635–87 ad, English monk; bishop of Lindisfarne. Feast day: March 20
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- cyberpet — an electronic toy that simulates the activities of a pet, requiring the owner to feed, discipline, and entertain it
- cybersex — Cybersex involves using the Internet for sexual purposes, especially by exchanging sexual messages with another person.
- cyberwar — The use of computers to disrupt the activities of an enemy country, especially the deliberate attacking of communication systems.
- debrecen — a city in E Hungary: seat of the revolutionary government of 1849. Pop: 205 881 (2003 est)
- december — December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Western calendar.
- delbruck — Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- embraced — Hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection.
- embracer — A person who embraces.
- embraces — Plural form of embrace.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- febrific — producing or marked by fever.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- forcible — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- greyback — grayback.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- ice beer — beer brewed at subfreezing temperatures.
- icebergs — Plural form of iceberg.
- incomber — Archaic form of encumber.
- incumber — encumber.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- liberace — (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) 1919–87, U.S. pianist and entertainer.