8-letter words containing n, o, i, r
- confirme — Obsolete spelling of confirm.
- confirms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confirm.
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- conifers — Plural form of conifer.
- coniform — shaped like a cone
- conniver — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- 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.
- conspire — If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
- contrail — a white trail of condensed water vapor that sometimes forms in the wake of an aircraft; vapor trail
- contrair — contrary
- contrib. — contributor
- contrist — to make (a person) sad
- contrite — If you are contrite, you are very sorry because you have done something wrong.
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- coprince — a fellow prince
- coramine — a drug, C10H14N2O, which is a circulatory stimulant and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, hence preventing its use by athletes
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- corkwing — a greenish or bluish European fish of the wrasse family, Ctenolabrus melops
- corn oil — an oil prepared from maize, used in cooking and in making soaps, lubricants, etc
- corncrib — a ventilated building for the storage of unhusked maize
- cornelia — a feminine name
- corniced — having or decorated with a cornice
- cornices — Plural form of cornice.
- corniche — a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
- cornicle — a wax-secreting organ on an aphid's abdomen that is shaped like a horn
- corniest — pertaining to or affected with corns of the feet.
- 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.