8-letter words containing ro
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bucchero — an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
- bullfrog — A bullfrog is a type of large frog which makes a very loud noise.
- bunkroom — temporary sleeping quarters, especially for travelers.
- burrowed — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- butyrous — resembling butter; butyraceous
- byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.
- c-prolog — (language, Prolog) An implementation of Prolog in C, developed by F. Pereira <[email protected]> et al in July 1982. It had no garbage collection. It is not in the public domain.
- c-scroll — an ornamental motif in the shape of a C , used chiefly on furniture.
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- cap rock — a layer of rock that overlies a salt dome and consists of limestone, gypsum, etc
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- cardroom — a room for carding wool.
- caroches — Plural form of caroche.
- carol ii — 1893–1953, king of Romania (1930–40), who was deposed by the Iron Guard
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- carolers — Plural form of caroler.
- carolina — a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- caroller — A person who sings carols; a carol singer.
- caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carousal — a merry drinking party
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carouser — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carouses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carouse.
- cartroad — a rough track or road in a rural area
- caschrom — a wooden hand-plough used to till the ground in the northwest of Scotland
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- centrode — a locus produced by plotting the course of the instantaneous centre of two bodies in relative motion
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- cerebro- — indicating the brain