8-letter words containing a, c, s, e, o
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- creators — Plural form of creator.
- croakers — Plural form of croaker.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- ecostate — (of a leaf) having neither ribs nor nerves
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- escolars — Plural form of escolar.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- gascogne — Gascony
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- lacrosse — a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- localise — (transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- megacosm — (obsolete) A macrocosm.