8-letter words containing or
- boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
- bornholm — an island in the Baltic Sea, south of Sweden: administratively part of Denmark. Chief town: Rønne. Pop: 43 956 (2003 est). Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
- bornitic — of or relating to bornite
- borodino — a village in E central Russia, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Moscow: scene of a battle (1812) in which Napoleon defeated the Russians but irreparably weakened his army
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- borrower — A borrower is a person or organization that borrows money.
- borujerd — city in WC Iran: pop. 201,000
- bosporus — strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara: c. 20 mi (32 km) long
- boxthorn — matrimony vine
- boyd orr — John, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns. 1880–1971, Scottish biologist; director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Nobel peace prize 1949
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- buck for — If you are bucking for something, you are working very hard to get it.
- buckhorn — horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc
- bullhorn — A bullhorn is a device for making your voice sound louder in the open air.
- busywork — Busywork is work that is intended to keep someone occupied and is not completely necessary.
- buzzword — A buzzword is a word or expression that has become fashionable in a particular field and is being used a lot by the media.
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- call for — If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- 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
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- camporee — a local meeting or assembly of Scouts
- camwhore — a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts
- canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- capeador — a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.
- capework — the use of the cape by the matador
- 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.
- carborne — travelling by car
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carports — Plural form of carport.
- casework — Casework is social work that involves actually dealing or working with the people who need help.
- caseworm — any of various insect larvae that build protective cases about their bodies
- cat door — a small door or flap in a larger door through which a cat can pass
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- caveator — a person who enters a caveat
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- censored — Having had objectionable content removed.
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order