8-letter words containing o, r, i, e
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- capoeira — a movement discipline combining martial art and dance, which originated among African slaves in 19th-century Brazil
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- carriole — cariole
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- cercopid — any small leaping herbivorous homopterous insect of the family Cercopidae; a froghopper
- cerritos — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 51,000
- cervico- — cervical
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- chlorite — any of a group of green soft secondary minerals consisting of the hydrated silicates of aluminium, iron, and magnesium in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks
- choleric — A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.
- choppier — Comparative form of choppy.
- choregic — relating to a choregus
- choreoid — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- chozerei — anything of little value; junk; garbage.
- chromide — any fish of the family Cichlidae
- chromite — a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr2O4
- chromize — to plate with chromium
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- co-drive — to take alternate turns driving (a vehicle) with another person
- coadmire — to admire together
- cocinera — (in Mexico) a female cook
- cocinero — a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- coderive — to derive jointly
- codifier — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- codirect — to direct jointly
- codriver — The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
- coeditor — a person who cooperates or collaborates as editor with another.
- coercing — Present participle of coerce.
- coercion — Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
- coercive — Coercive measures are intended to force people to do something that they do not want to do.
- cognizer — a being that is able to cognize
- cohering — Present participle of cohere.
- coiffeur — a hairdresser