8-letter words containing o, r, l, a
- caroller — A person who sings carols; a carol singer.
- carousal — a merry drinking party
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carpools — Plural form of carpool.
- carriole — cariole
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- 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
- charcoal — Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with.
- charlock — a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chloroma — A myeloid sarcoma.
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chorales — Plural form of chorale.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamorer — Alternative spelling of clamourer.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clamworm — any of several burrowing polychaete worms of the genus Nereis, used as bait for fishing.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- clayborn — a male given name.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- clear of — If something or someone is a certain amount clear of a competitor, they are that amount ahead of them in a competition or race.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- clochard — a tramp
- clorinda — a female given name.
- coal car — a railroad car designed for transporting coal
- coal tar — Coal tar is a thick black liquid made from coal which is used for making drugs and chemical products.
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- cochlear — a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
- coleader — a fellow leader
- colinear — collinear.
- collards — A cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart.
- collared — the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- collaret — a small collar
- collator — a person or machine that collates texts or manuscripts