8-letter words containing r, c, n
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- cantuar. — Cantuariensis
- canvaser — Alt form canvasser.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- car line — trolley line.
- caragana — any of various shrubs and small trees with golden flowers of the genus Caragana and of the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and east Europe and widely planted in North America as windbreaks
- carageen — carrageen
- carangid — any marine percoid fish of the family Carangidae, having a compressed body and deeply forked tail. The group includes the jacks, horse mackerel, pompano, and pilot fish
- caravans — Plural form of caravan.
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbarns — Plural form of carbarn.
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carborne — travelling by car
- carcanet — a jewelled collar or necklace
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- cardenal — Ernesto (ˈɜːnɛstaʊ). born 1925, Nicaraguan poet, revolutionary, and Roman Catholic priest; an influential figure in the Sandinista movement
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- cardigan — A cardigan is a knitted woollen sweater that you can fasten at the front with buttons or a zip.
- cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- careened — Simple past tense and past participle of careen.
- careline — a telephone service set up by a company or other organization to provide its customers or clients with information about its products or services
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carinula — a small carina.
- cariocan — a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carmania — a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- carminic — Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.
- carnally — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- carnatic — a region of S India, between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel Coast: originally the country of the Kanarese; historically important as a rich and powerful trading centre; now part of Tamil Nadu state
- carnauba — a Brazilian fan palm, Copernicia cerifera
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carneous — fleshy
- carnifex — an executioner
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)