8-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
- dominica — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- draconic — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draconid — any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- ducatoon — a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- ectozoan — ectozoon.
- el cajon — city in S Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 95,000
- enaction — The process of enacting something.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- 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).
- 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.
- exaction — The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment or service.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- factions — Plural form of faction.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- florican — any of various smaller species of bustards.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- gascogne — Gascony
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- 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.
- iconical — Pertaining to or consisting of images or icons.