8-letter words containing p, r, o, c
- couperus — Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Dutch novelist.
- couplers — Plural form of coupler.
- couponer — a person who seeks out or saves discount coupons, as for buying grocery items.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- crackpot — If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- crampoon — Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe).
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- crockpot — a brand of electric slow cooker
- crompton — Richmal, full name Richmal Crompton Lamburn. 1890–1969, British children's author, best known for her Just William stories
- crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
- crop top — A crop top is a very short, usually tight, top worn by a girl or a woman.
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- cropless — without a crop or crops
- croppers — Plural form of cropper.
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- cropsick — unwell as a result of excessive eating or drinking
- cross up — to confuse or disorder
- cross-up — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
- croupily — in a croupy manner
- croupous — (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
- crow-hop — a short hop.
- crowstep — corbiestep.
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- cupreous — of, consisting of, containing, or resembling copper; coppery
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- dicaprio — Leonardo. born 1974, US film actor; his films include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), and Django Unchained (2012)
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dropkick — (football) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
- droplock — a variable-rate bank loan used on international markets that is automatically replaced by a fixed-rate long-term bond if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level; it thus combines the advantages of a bank loan with those of a bond
- ecomorph — A local variety of a species whose appearance is determined by its ecological environment.
- ectropic — pertaining to ectropion
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- entropic — Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- exceptor — a person who excepts or takes exception (to something)
- exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.