8-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
- anechoic — having a low degree of reverberation of sound
- angelico — Fra (fra), original name Guido di Pietro; monastic name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. ?1400–55, Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar
- aniconic — (of images of deities, symbols, etc) not portrayed in a human or animal form
- announce — If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
- anocracy — A political system which is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic, often being vulnerable to political instability.
- anodynic — relating to the soothing or alleviating of pain
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anorchia — An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
- anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
- anoscope — proctoscope.
- anticlot — Countering clotting of the blood.
- anticold — preventing or treating the common cold
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antirock — opposed to rock music
- apocrine — denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands
- archaeon — A microorganism, physically resembling a bacterium, of the kingdom Archaea.
- armonica — a glass harmonica, being a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism
- asconoid — pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- asuncion — the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- autoconf — (software, tool) The GNU project's tool that configures a source code distribution to compile and run on a different platform. Among open source hackers, a mere running binary of a program is not considered a full release; what's interesting is a source tree that can be built into binaries using standard tools. Since the mid-1990s, autoconf, automake, and libtools have been the standard way to make a distribution portable so that it can be built on multiple operating systems without change.
- avionics — Avionics is the science of electronics used in aviation.
- avowance — (obsolete) Act of avowing; avowal.
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- backbond — a legal document qualifying the terms of a bond or explaining the purpose for which a bond has been granted
- backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- backdown — an act of retreating from a previously asserted position
- baclofen — a muscle-relaxing drug used to treat muscle spasms
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- baconian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- bancroft — George1800-91; U.S. historian & statesman
- bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.