8-letter words containing ro
- controul — Archaic spelling of control.
- cookroom — a room in which food is cooked
- coolroom — (chemistry) An item of laboratory equipment. A large cupboard, or room kept at a temperature lower than room temperature for long term, stable storage.
- copatron — a fellow patron
- copperon — cupferron.
- coprosma — any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament
- corduroy — Corduroy is thick cotton cloth with parallel raised lines on the outside.
- corn row — a Black, originally African, hair-style in which the hair is plaited in close parallel rows, resembling furrows in a ploughed field
- cornrows — A style of braiding and plaiting the hair in narrow strips to form geometric patterns on the scalp.
- corocoro — a South Asian boat fitted with outriggers
- coromuel — a cooling westerly breeze that flows in from the Pacific over the La Paz region of the southern Baja California peninsula of Mexico.
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- coronado — Franˈcisˈco Vásquez de (fʀɑnˈðisˈkɔ vɑskɛð ðɛ) ; fränthēsˈk^ō väsˈketh the) 1510?-54?; Sp. explorer of what is now the Southwest in the U.S.
- coronary — Coronary means belonging or relating to the heart.
- coronate — to crown (a person)
- coroners — Plural form of coroner.
- coronets — Plural form of coronet.
- coronial — of or relating to a coroner
- coronium — a hypothetical element whose existence was proposed in the 19th century to explain a green line seen in the solar coronal spectrum; this is now known to be highly-ionized iron and nickel
- coronoid — (of a process of a bone) resembling a crow's beak
- corotate — to rotate in conjunction with something else that is rotating
- corroded — affected by corrosion; rusty
- corrodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrode.
- coumarou — a tall leguminous tree, Coumarouna odorata, of tropical America
- croakers — Plural form of croaker.
- croakily — In a croaky manner.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- croceate — saffron-coloured
- crochets — Plural form of crochet.
- crockery — Crockery is the plates, cups, saucers, and dishes that you use at meals.
- crockets — Plural form of crocket.
- crockett — David, known as Davy Crockett. 1786–1836, US frontiersman, politician, and soldier
- crocking — British Dialect. soot; smut.
- crockpot — a brand of electric slow cooker
- crocoite — a rare orange secondary mineral consisting of lead chromate in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: PbCrO4
- crocuses — Plural form of crocus.
- crofters — Plural form of crofter.
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cromlech — a circle of prehistoric standing stones
- cromorna — a reed stop in an organ giving an oboe-like tone
- cromorne — crumhorn.
- crompton — Richmal, full name Richmal Crompton Lamburn. 1890–1969, British children's author, best known for her Just William stories
- cromwell — Oliver. 1599–1658, English general and statesman. A convinced Puritan, he was an effective leader of the parliamentary army in the Civil War. After the execution of Charles I he quelled the Royalists in Scotland and Ireland, and became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (1653–58)
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- crookery — illegal or dishonest activity
- crookest — sick or feeble.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.