7-letter words containing r, o, c
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- coupler — a link or rod transmitting power between two rotating mechanisms or a rotating part and a reciprocating part
- coupure — a trench or palisade made by a besieged force behind a breach in their defences
- courage — Courage is the quality shown by someone who decides to do something difficult or dangerous, even though they may be afraid.
- courant — a courante
- courbet — Gustave (ɡystav). 1819–77, French painter, a leader of the realist movement; noted for his depiction of contemporary life
- courche — (Scotland) A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
- courier — A courier is a person who is paid to take letters and parcels direct from one place to another.
- courlan — limpkin
- coursed — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- courser — a person who courses hounds or dogs, esp greyhounds
- courses — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- coursey — (nautical) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
- courted — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courter — a person who courts; a suitor
- courtly — You use courtly to describe someone whose behaviour is very polite, often in a rather old-fashioned way.
- couther — known or acquainted with.
- couture — Couture is the designing and making of expensive fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves.
- covener — A member of a coven.
- covered — A covered area is an area that has a roof.
- coverer — Agent noun of cover; one who covers.
- coverts — concealed; secret; disguised.
- coverup — an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
- coveter — to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
- cowards — Plural form of coward.
- cowardy — A cowardly person (often used as a taunt by children).
- cowbird — any of various American orioles of the genera Molothrus, Tangavius, etc, esp M. ater (common or brown-headed cowbird). They have a dark plumage and short bill
- cowdrey — (Michael) Colin, Baron. 1932–2000, English cricketer. He played for Kent and in 114 Test matches (captaining England 27 times)
- cowered — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowgirl — a female cowboy
- cowherb — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Saponaria vaccaria, having clusters of pink flowers: a weed in the US
- cowherd — a person employed to tend cattle
- cowries — Plural form of cowrie.
- cowrite — to write (something) in collaboration with another writer
- cowrote — Simple past tense and past participle of cowrite.
- cowtree — a South American moraceous tree, Brosimum galactodendron, producing latex used as a substitute for milk
- cozener — An imposter, a swindler.
- cracowe — a boot with a long sharply pointed toe, fashionable in the 14th century
- craiova — a city in SW Romania, on the Jiul River. Pop: 285 000 (2005 est)
- crampon — Crampons are metal plates with spikes underneath which mountain climbers fasten to the bottom of their boots, especially when there is snow or ice, in order to make climbing easier.
- cranio- — indicating the cranium or cranial
- crannog — an ancient Celtic lake or bog dwelling dating from the late Bronze Age to the 16th century ad, often fortified and used as a refuge
- crapola — rubbish; nonsense
- cratons — Plural form of craton.
- crayola — /kray-oh'l*/ A super-minicomputer or super-microcomputer that provides some reasonable percentage of supercomputer performance for an unreasonably low price. A crayola might also be a killer micro.
- crayons — Plural form of crayon.
- creator — The creator of something is the person who made it or invented it.
- cremona — a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th–18th centuries. Pop: 70 887 (2001)
- creoles — Plural form of creole.
- creosol — a colourless or pale yellow insoluble oily liquid with a smoky odour and a burning taste; 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol: an active principle of creosote. Formula: CH3O(CH3)C6H3OH