8-letter words containing ro
- cerotype — a process for preparing a printing plate by engraving a wax-coated copper plate and then using this as a mould for an electrotype
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- checkrow — a row of plants, esp corn, in which the spaces between adjacent plants are equal to those between adjacent rows to facilitate cultivation
- cherokee — a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chloroma — A myeloid sarcoma.
- chlorous — of or containing chlorine in the trivalent state
- chondro- — indicating cartilage
- choroids — Plural form of choroid.
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chromene — a compound derived from plants, used as an insecticide
- chromide — any fish of the family Cichlidae
- chromism — Chromatism.
- chromite — a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr2O4
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chromize — to plate with chromium
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chroneme — A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
- chronics — Plural form of chronic.
- chronons — Plural form of chronon.
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clubroom — a room used by a club for meetings, activities, socializing, etc
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- co-wrote — to coauthor.
- coatroom — A coatroom is the same as a coat check.
- cocinero — a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- cockcrow — daybreak
- comprosl — COMpound PROcedural Scientific Language. A language for scientists and engineers.
- confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- conjuror — a person who practises conjuring, esp for people's entertainment
- contrôlé — officially registered
- controls — a device or mechanism for operating or regulating a car, aircraft, etc