8-letter words containing r, t, c
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- cane rat — a tropical African cavy-like hystricomorph rodent, Thryonomys swinderianus, that lives in swampy regions: family Thryonomyidae
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- cantuar. — Cantuariensis
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- capturer — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- car boot — the place at the back of a car for putting luggage in
- car coat — a short man's coat, designed to be worn when driving a car
- car part — a component of an automobile
- car port — A car port is a shelter for cars which is attached to a house and consists of a flat roof supported on pillars.
- car seat — a seat in an automobile; specif., a portable seat that fastens onto a car's built-in seat and is used for securing a small child
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- carcanet — a jewelled collar or necklace
- card-cut — having a fretwork pattern in low relief: card-cut woodwork.
- carditic — relating to carditis
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- caretake — to work as a caretaker
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- caritive — (in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlotta — a feminine name
- carnatic — a region of S India, between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel Coast: originally the country of the Kanarese; historically important as a rich and powerful trading centre; now part of Tamil Nadu state
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carpeted — Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.
- carports — Plural form of carport.
- carritch — catechism
- carrycot — A carrycot is a small bed for babies which has handles so it can be carried.
- carryout — designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
- cart off — to carry or remove brusquely or by force
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- carteret — John, 1st Earl Granville. 1690–1763, British statesman, diplomat, and orator who led the opposition to Walpole (1730–42), after whose fall he became a leading minister as secretary of state (1742–44)
- carthage — an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 ad
- cartland — Dame Barbara (Hamilton). 1901–2000, British novelist, noted for her prolific output of popular romantic fiction
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- cartoony — cartoonish
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.