8-letter words containing s, r, c, o
- prosecco — (sometimes lowercase) a variety of white wine, usually a sparkling wine, produced in several regions of northern Italy.
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- psychro- — cold
- raccoons — Plural form of raccoon.
- racemose — Botany. having the form of a raceme. arranged in racemes.
- racemous — racemose.
- recensor — someone who produces a recension or recensions
- rechoose — to choose (something or someone) again
- recision — an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- recourse — access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.
- refresco — a refreshment, as a soft drink.
- reschool — to school again; retrain
- resorcin — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- resource — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- robotics — the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- rockless — lacking rocks
- rockrose — any plant of the genus Cistus or some allied genus, as Helianthemum.
- rollocks — rowlock.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- ructions — disturbance
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- s-scroll — an ornamental motif in the form of the letter S .
- saprobic — saprophyte.
- sarcodic — pertaining to the sarcode or protoplasm of an animal
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- scarious — thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schooler — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- schröder — Gerhard (ˈɡerhɑt). born 1944, German Social Democrat politician; chancellor of Germany from 1998–2005
- scirocco — sirocco.
- scissors — scissors.
- sciuroid — sciurine.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- sclerose — to undergo sclerosis; to harden
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scoffers — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scombrid — any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
- scorched — slightly burned
- scorcher — a person or thing that scorches.
- scordato — out of tune
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.