8-letter words containing r, i, o, t
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- creditor — Your creditors are the people who you owe money to.
- creolist — a student of creole languages
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- crocoite — a rare orange secondary mineral consisting of lead chromate in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: PbCrO4
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- crosstie — a sleeper between rails on a railway
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- cryolite — a white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium in monoclinic crystalline form: used in the production of aluminium, glass, and enamel. Formula: Na3AlF6
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- de-orbit — the act of leaving orbit
- debitors — a debtor.
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- 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.
- digestor — digester (def 2).
- digitron — a type of tube, for displaying information, having a common anode and several cathodes shaped in the form of characters, which can be lit by a glow discharge
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dimitrov — Georgi [ge-awr-gi] /gɛˈɔr gɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Bulgarian political leader: premier 1946–49.
- dinitro- — (of a chemical) containing two nitrogen groups in place of two hydrogen atoms
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.
- dioptres — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- diorites — Plural form of diorite.
- dioritic — Containing diorite.
- diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- disports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disport.
- distorts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distort.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dolerite — a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- dormient — sleeping; dormant.
- dorticos — Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado) 1919–83, Cuban lawyer and statesman: president 1959–76.
- drink to — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.