8-letter words containing i, n, c, r, o
- cornific — producing horns
- cornmill — a mill for making flour
- cornpipe — a musical instrument made from a stalk of corn
- cornsilk — The fine threadlike styles on an ear of corn.
- coronial — of or relating to a coroner
- coronium — a hypothetical element whose existence was proposed in the 19th century to explain a green line seen in the solar coronal spectrum; this is now known to be highly-ionized iron and nickel
- coronoid — (of a process of a bone) resembling a crow's beak
- corpsing — Present participle of corpse.
- corrigan — Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
- corsican — of or relating to Corsica or its inhabitants
- cosigner — a cosignatory
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowinner — one of a number of winners
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crim con — criminal conversation
- crinoids — Plural form of crinoid.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
- 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.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- decurion — a local councillor