8-letter words containing h, a, o, r
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chloroma — A myeloid sarcoma.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- chorales — Plural form of chorale.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- clochard — a tramp
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cochlear — a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- copperah — copra.
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- corcaigh — a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- earholes — Plural form of earhole.
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- ephorate — The office of an ephor; ephors collectively.
- epiphora — Excessive watering of the eye.
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- euphoria — A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- exophora — Reference in a text or utterance to something external to it, which is only fully intelligible in terms of information about the extralinguistic situation.
- farouche — fierce.
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).