8-letter words containing o, n, d, r
- 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
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- chondrin — a resilient translucent bluish-white substance that forms the matrix of cartilage
- chondro- — indicating cartilage
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- chording — the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
- clorinda — a female given name.
- coendure — to endure together
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- conceder — to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit: He finally conceded that she was right.
- concoord — (programming, parallel) An environment for programming networks of sequential and parallel computers. ConCoord supports explicit parallelism with different granularity.
- concorde — the first commercial supersonic airliner, in service between 1976 and 2003. Of Anglo-French construction, it was capable of cruising at over 2160 km per hr (1200 mph)
- concords — Plural form of concord.
- condoler — A person who condoles.
- condoner — A person who condones.
- conducer — to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to or toward): qualities that conduce to success.
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- conelrad — a US defence and information system used between 1951 and 1963 in the event of air attack
- confider — to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in): She confides in no one but her husband.
- conjured — Simple past tense and past participle of conjure.
- 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.
- cordoned — a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- cordovan — a fine leather now made principally from horsehide, isolated from the skin layers above and below it and tanned
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- corn dog — a frankfurter coated in cornmeal batter before frying
- corn-fed — fed on corn, esp maize
- cornered — having (a specified number or type of) corners
- corniced — having or decorated with a cornice
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- cornuted — having horns
- coronado — Franˈcisˈco Vásquez de (fʀɑnˈðisˈkɔ vɑskɛð ðɛ) ; fränthēsˈk^ō väsˈketh the) 1510?-54?; Sp. explorer of what is now the Southwest in the U.S.
- coronoid — (of a process of a bone) resembling a crow's beak
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- corundum — a white, grey, blue, green, red, yellow, or brown mineral, found in metamorphosed shales and limestones, in veins, and in some igneous rocks. It is used as an abrasive and as gemstone; the red variety is ruby, the blue is sapphire. Composition: aluminium oxide. Formula: Al2O3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- creodont — any of a group of extinct Tertiary mammals some of which are thought to have been the ancestors of modern carnivores: order Carnivora
- crinoids — Plural form of crinoid.
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)