8-letter words containing r, h, o
- 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.
- clochard — a tramp
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cochlear — a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- coherent — If something is coherent, it is well planned, so that it is clear and sensible and all its parts go well with each other.
- cohering — Present participle of cohere.
- coholder — one of two or more people who hold a title, deed, record, etc, at the same time
- coinhere — to inhere together
- comether — the act of persuading or coaxing
- copperah — copra.
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- corcaigh — a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
- cornhole — to have anal intercourse with.
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- corniche — a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- coryphee — leading dancer of a corps de ballet
- cosherer — a person who coshers
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- covereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover.
- cowherds — Plural form of cowherd.
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crochets — Plural form of crochet.
- cromlech — a circle of prehistoric standing stones
- crossish — slightly cross; peevish
- crotched — Having a crotch or fork; forked.
- crotches — a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.
- crotchet — A crotchet is a musical note that has a time value equal to two quavers.
- crouched — to stoop or bend low.
- croucher — Agent noun of crouch: one who crouches.
- crouches — Plural form of crouch.
- crow-hop — a short hop.