8-letter words containing d, n, r
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- conceder — to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit: He finally conceded that she was right.
- concoord — (programming, parallel) An environment for programming networks of sequential and parallel computers. ConCoord supports explicit parallelism with different granularity.
- concorde — the first commercial supersonic airliner, in service between 1976 and 2003. Of Anglo-French construction, it was capable of cruising at over 2160 km per hr (1200 mph)
- concords — Plural form of concord.
- condoler — A person who condoles.
- condoner — A person who condones.
- conducer — to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to or toward): qualities that conduce to success.
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- conelrad — a US defence and information system used between 1951 and 1963 in the event of air attack
- confider — to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in): She confides in no one but her husband.
- conjured — Simple past tense and past participle of conjure.
- conrad i — died a.d. 918, king of Germany 911–918.
- consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- cordoned — a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- cordovan — a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- corn dog — a frankfurter coated in cornmeal batter before frying
- corn-fed — fed on corn, esp maize
- cornered — having (a specified number or type of) corners
- corniced — having or decorated with a cornice
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- cornuted — having horns
- coronado — Franˈcisˈco Vásquez de (fʀɑnˈðisˈkɔ vɑskɛð ðɛ) ; fränthēsˈk^ō väsˈketh the) 1510?-54?; Sp. explorer of what is now the Southwest in the U.S.
- coronoid — (of a process of a bone) resembling a crow's beak
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- corundum — a white, grey, blue, green, red, yellow, or brown mineral, found in metamorphosed shales and limestones, in veins, and in some igneous rocks. It is used as an abrasive and as gemstone; the red variety is ruby, the blue is sapphire. Composition: aluminium oxide. Formula: Al2O3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- crandall — Prudence, 1803–90, U.S. educator and civil-rights activist.
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- crannied — full of crannies or chinks
- cravened — Simple past tense and past participle of craven.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- credence — If something lends or gives credence to a theory or story, it makes it easier to believe.
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- credenza — a type of buffet or sideboard
- crenated — Crenate.
- creodont — any of a group of extinct Tertiary mammals some of which are thought to have been the ancestors of modern carnivores: order Carnivora
- crinkled — marked with crenellations
- crinoids — Plural form of crinoid.
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crowd in — If problems or thoughts crowd in on you, a lot of them happen to you or affect you at the same time, so that they occupy all your attention and make you feel unable to escape.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crunched — Simple past tense and past participle of crunch.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cry down — to belittle; disparage