6-letter words containing r, o
- cornua — a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- cornus — any member of the genus Cornus, such as dogwood
- corody — (originally) the right of a lord to receive free quarters from his vassal
- corona — The sun's corona is its outer atmosphere.
- corozo — a tropical American palm, Corozo oleifera, whose seeds yield a useful oil
- corpes — Obsolete spelling of corpse.
- corpse — A corpse is a dead body, especially the body of a human being.
- corpus — A corpus is a large collection of written or spoken texts that is used for language research.
- corral — In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
- correa — an Australian evergreen shrub of the genus Correa, with large showy tubular flowers
- correi — Plural form of correus.
- corrie — a round hollow in a hillside
- corrin — (chemistry) a molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt containing vitamin cobalamin.
- corsac — a fox, Vulpes corsac, of central Asia
- corset — A corset is a stiff piece of underwear worn by some women, especially in the past. It fits tightly around their hips and waist and makes them thinner around the waist when they wear it.
- corsey — a pavement or pathway
- cortes — the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal
- cortex — The cortex of the brain or of another organ is its outer layer.
- cortin — an adrenal cortex extract containing cortisone and other hormones
- cortot — Alfred (alfrɛd). 1877–1962, French pianist, born in Switzerland
- coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- corvee — day's unpaid labour owed by a feudal vassal to his lord
- corves — corf
- corvet — (nautical) archaic form of corvette.
- corvid — a member of the passerine bird family Corvidae, which includes the crows, magpies, and jays, and the raven, rook, and jackdaw
- corvus — a small quadrilateral-shaped constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Virgo and Hydra
- corwin — Norman (Lewis) 1910–2011, U.S. radio and stage dramatist and novelist.
- corymb — an inflorescence in the form of a flat-topped flower cluster with the oldest flowers at the periphery. This type of raceme occurs in the candytuft
- coryza — acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose, with discharge of mucus; a head cold
- cosher — to pamper or coddle
- cosier — a cobbler
- costar — An actor's costars are the other actors who also have one of the main parts in a particular movie.
- coster — costermonger.
- cosyra — ancient name of Pantelleria.
- cottar — (in the Scottish Highlands) a peasant occupying a cottage and land of not more than half an acre at a rent of not more than five pounds a year
- cotter — any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented
- cougar — A cougar is a wild member of the cat family. Cougars have brownish-grey fur and live in mountain regions of North and South America.
- couper — a dealer
- cource — Misspelling of course.
- courie — to nestle or snuggle
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- courts — Plural form of court.
- couter — a piece of armour designed to protect the elbow
- covary — to vary in correlation with another related variant
- coverb — (grammar) Any of a class of words in various languages including Chinese and Hungarian whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions and postpositions of other languages.
- covers — coversed sine
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- covery — (rare) a dispelling of false or misleading notions.
- coward — If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
- cowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cower.