8-letter words containing c, r, o, u
- drummock — drammock.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- durocher — Leo Ernest ("The Lip") 1905–91, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- eurocard — A range of standard circuit board sizes. Normal double Eurocard = 233.4 x 160 mm Extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 220 mm Super extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 250 mm Hyper extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 280 mm
- eurocrat — European Union official
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- executor — A person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will.
- farouche — fierce.
- forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- fourchee — a type of heraldic cross
- frounced — Simple past tense and past participle of frounce.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- fur coat — overcoat covered with animal fur
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- guacharo — a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.
- huaracho — huarache.
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- jumprock — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- locutory — locutorium.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- macroura — Macruran.
- mercosur — a trading block composed of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with associate members Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; superseded in 2008 by the Union of South American Nations (Unasur or Unasul), by uniting with the Andean Community
- mercouri — Melina (məˈliːnə). 1925–94, Greek actress and politician: her films include Never on Sunday (1960); minister of culture (1981–85 and 1993–94)
- microbus — minibus.
- microlux — a millionth of a lux
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- muciform — Resembling mucus.
- muckworm — (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.
- mungcorn — a mixture of grains, esp wheat and rye
- muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nocturne — a piece appropriate to the night or evening.