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8-letter words containing c, r

  • acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
  • acervate — growing in heaps or clusters
  • acervuli — Plural form of acervulus.
  • acharyas — Plural form of acharya.
  • achernar — the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus, visible only in the S hemisphere. Visual magnitude: 0.5; spectral type: B3V; distance: 144 light years
  • achiever — A high achiever is someone who is successful in their studies or their work, usually as a result of their efforts. A low achiever is someone who achieves less than those around them.
  • achilary — having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.
  • achroite — the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
  • achromat — a lens designed to bring light of two chosen wavelengths to the same focal point, thus reducing chromatic aberration
  • achromia — (medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood.
  • achromic — colourless
  • achronic — Timeless.
  • achroous — Colorless; achromatic.
  • acicular — shaped like a needle.
  • aciduria — the condition of having acid in the urine, particularly at abnormally high levels
  • aciduric — (of bacteria) capable of growth in an acid environment.
  • acierage — the process of iron-plating metal by means of voltaic electricity
  • acierate — to change (iron) into steel
  • acquired — obtained, through buying or being given
  • acquiree — a firm that is acquired
  • acquirer — In business, an acquirer is a company or person who buys another company.
  • acquires — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
  • acreages — Plural form of acreage.
  • acridine — a colourless crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C13H9N
  • acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
  • acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
  • acrobats — Plural form of acrobat.
  • acrodont — (of the teeth of some reptiles) having no roots and being fused at the base to the margin of the jawbones
  • acrolect — the most standard form of language
  • acrolein — a colourless or yellowish flammable poisonous pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CH2:CHCHO
  • acrolith — (esp in ancient Greek sculpture) a wooden, often draped figure with only the head, hands, and feet in stone
  • acrology — acrophony.
  • acromial — relating to the acromion
  • acromion — the outermost edge of the spine of the shoulder blade
  • acronyms — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
  • acrosome — a cap-like structure on the tip of a spermatozoon that releases enzymes on encountering the ovum allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process; this part of the process is known as the acrosome reaction
  • acrostic — a number of lines of writing, such as a poem, certain letters of which form a word, proverb, etc. A single acrostic is formed by the initial letters of the lines, a double acrostic by the initial and final letters, and a triple acrostic by the initial, middle, and final letters
  • acrotism — an absence of pulse
  • acrylate — a chemical compound used in plastics and resins
  • acrylics — Plural form of acrylic.
  • actioner — a film with a fast-moving plot, usually containing scenes of violence
  • actoress — Alternative form of actress.
  • actorish — of, relating to, or characteristic of an actor
  • actressy — exaggerated and affected in manner; theatrical
  • actuator — An actuator is a machine or part of a machine which moves or controls another part in response to an input.
  • adductor — a muscle that adducts
  • adriatic — of or relating to the Adriatic Sea, or to the inhabitants of its coast or islands
  • adscript — a serf bound to the land which they work or occupy, and who can be bought or sold along with it
  • advancer — a person or thing that advances.
  • aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
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