4-letter words containing r, c
- crow — A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
- crtc — Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
- crud — You use crud to refer to any disgustingly dirty or sticky substance.
- crue — Obsolete form of crew.
- crum — Obsolete form of crumb.
- crus — the leg, esp from the knee to the foot
- crut — crud (def 1).
- crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
- cruz — San Juan de la [sahn hwahn de lah] /sɑn ʰwɑn dɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- cryo — (informal) cryoprecipitate.
- csar — Alternative form of tsar.
- ctrl — control
- curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- curd — The thick white substance which is formed when milk turns sour can be referred to as curds.
- cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
- curf — a cherty limestone found in Portland stone beds
- curl — If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.
- curn — a grain of corn
- curr — a purring or cooing sound
- curs — a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curt — If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
- czar — an emperor: title of any of the former emperors of Russia and, at various times, the sovereigns of other Slavic nations
- ecrc — European Computer-Industry Research Centre GmbH
- ecru — very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
- ercp — endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- eric — A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
- esrc — Economic and Social Research Council
- farc — Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist revolutionary guerrilla force engaging in armed struggle against the government of Colombia
- forc — Early system on IBM 704. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- frac — (oil drilling) To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing).
- frcm — Fellow of the Royal College of Music
- frco — Fellow of the Royal College of Organists
- frcp — Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- frcs — Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
- frsc — Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- hmrc — Her (or His) Majesty's Revenue and Customs, a government department that administers and collects major direct taxes, such as income tax, corporation tax, and capital gains tax
- hsrc — Human Sciences Research Council
- icer — One who ices.
- icrc — International Committee of the Red Cross
- iirc — (chat) If I recall/remember correctly.
- incr — increase
- larc — long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception): the use of LARCs such as the intrauterine device, or IUD.
- lrcp — Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians
- lrcs — Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons
- lrsc — Licentiate of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- marc — a standardized system developed by the Library of Congress for producing and transmitting machine-readable bibliographic records.
- merc — a mercenary soldier.
- micr — (business, printer) (MICR) A character recognition system using special ink and characters which can be magnetised and read automatically. MICR is used almost exclusively in the banking industry where it is used to print details on cheques to enable automatic processing.
- mrca — multirole combat aircraft
- mrcp — Member of the Royal College of Physicians