8-letter words containing e, n, r, o
- bronxite — a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
- bronzite — a type of orthopyroxene often having a metallic or pearly sheen
- brookner — Anita. 1928–2016, British writer and art historian. Her novels include Hotel du Lac (1984), which won the Booker Prize, Brief Lives (1990), and The Next Big Thing (2002)
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- carborne — travelling by car
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carneous — fleshy
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- censored — Having had objectionable content removed.
- centrode — a locus produced by plotting the course of the instantaneous centre of two bodies in relative motion
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- cerenkov — Pavel A [pah-vuh l;; Russian pah-vyil] /ˈpɑ vəl;; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl/ (Show IPA), 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.
- cernuous — (of some flowers or buds) drooping
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- cheer on — When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- chromene — a compound derived from plants, used as an insecticide
- chroneme — A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- co-owner — a person who is one of the joint owners of something
- cocinera — (in Mexico) a female cook
- cocinero — a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- coendure — to endure together
- coenurus — an encysted larval form of the tapeworm Multiceps, containing many encapsulated heads. In sheep it can cause the gid, and when eaten by dogs it develops into several adult forms
- coercing — Present participle of coerce.
- coercion — Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
- cognizer — a being that is able to cognize