8-letter words containing s, c, a, r
- cadaster — an official register showing details of ownership, boundaries, and value of real property in a district, made for taxation purposes
- cadastre — public record of the extent, value, and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation
- cadavers — Plural form of cadaver.
- caesarea — an ancient port in NW Israel, capital of Roman Palestine: founded by Herod the Great
- caesurae — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesuras — Plural form of caesura.
- caesuric — caesural
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- calcspar — calcite
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- canarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- canvaser — Alt form canvasser.
- caprices — Plural form of caprice.
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- capsular — relating to or resembling a capsule
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- car keys — a key or keys used to lock, unlock, and operate an automobile
- 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
- car sick — If someone feels car sick, they feel sick as a result of traveling in a car.
- car wash — a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- caracals — Plural form of caracal.
- caramels — Plural form of caramel.
- caravans — Plural form of caravan.
- caravels — Plural form of caravel.
- carbarns — Plural form of carbarn.
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carcases — Plural form of carcase.
- cardcase — a small case for holding business cards
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- caressed — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.