8-letter words containing r, c, o
- chondro- — indicating cartilage
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- choosers — Plural form of chooser.
- choppers — teeth
- choppier — Comparative form of choppy.
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- chorales — Plural form of chorale.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chording — the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
- choregic — relating to a choregus
- choregus — the producer or financier of a dramatist's works in Ancient Greece
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- choreoid — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioid — choroid
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- chorisis — the multiplication of botanical elements by branching or splitting
- chorizos — Plural form of chorizo.
- choroids — Plural form of choroid.
- chortled — to chuckle gleefully.
- chortler — One who chortles.
- chortles — Plural form of chortle.
- chorus's — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- chorused — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- choruses — Plural form of chorus.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chowders — Plural form of chowder.
- chozerei — anything of little value; junk; garbage.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chrisoms — Plural form of chrisom.
- christo- — indicating or relating to Christ
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chromene — a compound derived from plants, used as an insecticide
- chromide — any fish of the family Cichlidae
- chromism — Chromatism.
- 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
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chromize — to plate with chromium
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chroneme — A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
- chronics — Plural form of chronic.
- chronons — Plural form of chronon.
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)