8-letter words containing r, c, o
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- dad rock — a type of classic rock music that tends to appeal to adults, often played by middle-aged musicians
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decoders — Plural form of decoder.
- decolour — to deprive of colour, as by bleaching
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- decorous — Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- decurion — a local councillor
- deductor — One who deducts tax.
- defector — A defector is someone who leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group.
- deforced — Simple past tense and past participle of deforce.
- deforcer — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- defrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- detector — A detector is an instrument which is used to discover that something is present somewhere, or to measure how much of something there is.
- devorced — Simple past tense and past participle of devorce.
- dicaprio — Leonardo. born 1974, US film actor; his films include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), and Django Unchained (2012)
- dichroic — (of a solution or uniaxial crystal) exhibiting dichroism
- dicrotic — having or relating to a double pulse for each heartbeat
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- dioritic — Containing diorite.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- discords — Plural form of discord.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- divorced — Cut off, or separated.
- divorcee — a divorced woman.
- divorces — Plural form of divorce.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctored — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctorly — having the qualities or characteristics of a doctor
- doctorow — E(dgar) L(aurence) born 1931, U.S. author and editor.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.