7-letter words containing r, c
- bronchi — bronchus
- broncho — bronco
- brubeck — Dave. 1920–2012, US modern jazz pianist and composer; formed his own quartet in 1951
- bruchid — any of a genus of small, often parasitic, beetles
- brucine — bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C23H26N2O4
- brucite — the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, translucent and white or pale green in colour
- bruckle — brittle, fragile
- bucardo — a recently extinct Spanish mountain goat
- buccaro — unglazed pottery.
- buchner — Eduard (ˈeːduart). 1860–1917, German chemist who demonstrated that alcoholic fermentation is due to enzymes in the yeast: Nobel prize for chemistry 1907
- buckler — a small round shield worn on the forearm or held by a short handle
- buckner — Simon Bolivar [bol-uh-ver] /ˈbɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1823–1914, U.S. Confederate general and politician.
- buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc
- bucyrus — a city in N central Ohio.
- burdock — a coarse weedy Eurasian plant of the genus Arctium, having large heart-shaped leaves, tiny purple flowers surrounded by hooked bristles, and burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
- butcher — A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
- butyric — of or obtained from butter
- byronic — of, like, or characteristic of Byron or his writings; romantic, passionate, cynical, ironic, etc.
- c quark — the quark having electric charge 2/3 times the elementary charge and charm C = +1. It is more massive than the up, down, and strange quarks.
- c-sharp — C#
- c-store — convenience store.
- cabaret — Cabaret is live entertainment consisting of dancing, singing, or comedy acts that are performed in the evening in restaurants or nightclubs.
- cabeiri — Cabiri.
- cabover — of or denoting a truck or lorry in which the cab is over the engine
- cabrera — Manuel Estrada [Spanish mahn-wel es-trah-th ah] /Spanish mɑnˈwɛl ɛsˈtrɑ ðɑ/ (Show IPA), Estrada Cabrera, Manuel.
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- cabrito — the flesh of a young goat, used as food
- cáceres — a city in W Spain: held by the Moors (1142–1229). Pop: 87 088 (2003 est)
- cackler — A person or creature that cackles.
- cadaver — A cadaver is a dead body.
- cadbury — George. 1839–1922, British Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. He established, with his brother Richard Cadbury (1835–99), the chocolate-making company Cadbury Brothers and the garden village Bournville, near Birmingham, for their workers
- cadgers — Plural form of cadger.
- cadrans — an instrument which measures the angles of gems and is used during the cutting process
- caesars — Plural form of caesar.
- caesura — (in modern prosody) a pause, esp for sense, usually near the middle of a verse line
- caganer — a figure of a squatting defecating person, a traditional character in Catalan Christmas crèche scenes
- cairene — a person born or living in Cairo, Egypt
- cairned — marked by a cairn
- cajoler — A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
- calabar — a port in SE Nigeria, capital of Cross River state. Pop: 418 000 (2005 est)
- calamar — a squid
- caldera — a large basin-shaped crater at the top of a volcano, formed by the collapse or explosion of the cone
- caldron — a large kettle or boiler
- calgary — a city in Canada, in S Alberta: centre of a large agricultural region; oilfields. Pop: 879 277 (2001)
- caliber — the size of a bullet or shell as measured by its diameter
- calibre — The calibre of a person is the quality or standard of their ability or intelligence, especially when this is high.
- caliper — Calipers are an instrument consisting of two long, thin pieces of metal joined together at one end, and are used to measure the size of things.
- caliver — a light musket introduced in the early 16th century
- callers — Plural form of caller.
- calmers — Plural form of calmer.