8-letter words containing a, c, t, s, o
- costally — in a costal manner
- costards — Plural form of costard.
- costmary — a herbaceous plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, native to Asia. Its fragrant leaves were used as a seasoning and to flavour ale: family Asteraceae (composites)
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- cot case — a person confined to bed through illness
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- cottages — Plural form of cottage.
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- cranston — city in R.I.: suburb of Providence: pop. 79,000
- creators — Plural form of creator.
- crostata — A kind of Italian baked tart.
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- ecostate — (of a leaf) having neither ribs nor nerves
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- factions — Plural form of faction.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- fatstock — livestock that has been fattened for market.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- isostacy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- localist — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- locators — Plural form of locator.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- massicot — monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- mistcoat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- molecast — the heap of earth excavated by a mole tunnelling underground
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- moschate — having a musky smell.