8-letter words containing n, a, c, r, e
- contrate — (of gears, esp the gears of watches) having teeth set at a right angle to the axis
- coparent — a fellow parent
- coramine — a drug, C10H14N2O, which is a circulatory stimulant and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, hence preventing its use by athletes
- corncake — a cornmeal flatbread
- cornelia — a feminine name
- cornmeal — Cornmeal is a powder made from maize. It is used in cooking.
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- coronate — to crown (a person)
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- cracknel — a type of hard plain biscuit
- cragsmen — Plural form of cragsman.
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- craniate — having a skull or cranium
- crankier — Comparative form of cranky.
- crannied — full of crannies or chinks
- crannies — Plural form of cranny.
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- cranwell — a village in E England, in Lincolnshire: Royal Air Force College (1920)
- cravened — Simple past tense and past participle of craven.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- creatine — an important metabolite involved in many biochemical reactions and present in many types of living cells
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- credenza — a type of buffet or sideboard
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- crenated — Crenate.
- crenshaw — a hybrid variety of melon with yellow skin and pale pink flesh
- crepance — an injury to the hind leg of a horse caused by its being struck by the shoe of the other hind foot
- crumenal — a purse
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cyrenaic — (in the ancient world) of or relating to the city of Cyrene or the territory of Cyrenaica
- czarevna — the daughter of a czar of Russia
- dancerly — characteristic of or moving like a dancer; having the skills or physique of a dancer.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decanter — A decanter is a glass container that you use for serving wine, sherry, or port.
- decenary — of or relating to a tithing
- deracine — uprooted
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dracaena — any treelike tropical plant of the genus Dracaena, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy leaves.
- echiuran — spoonworm
- en clair — in ordinary language; not in cipher
- enacture — an enactment
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze