8-letter words containing a, n, c, h, o
- cinchona — any tree or shrub of the South American rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, having medicinal bark
- coaching — the act of training a person or team of people in a particular sport
- coachman — A coachman was a man who drove a coach that was pulled by horses.
- coachmen — Plural form of coachman.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- conchate — conchiform
- conchita — a female given name.
- conehead — a stupid person.
- connacht — a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Pop: 464 296 (2002). Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles)
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- couchant — in a lying position
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- huancayo — a city in central Peru, on the Mantaro River.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- macmahon — Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice [ma-ree ed-mey pa-trees moh-rees] /maˈri ˈɛd meɪ paˈtris moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), Count de (Duke of Magenta) 1808–93, president of France 1873–79.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- manchego — a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk
- monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- nanchong — a city in E central Sichuan province, in central China.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- oolachan — eulachon.