8-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- canzones — Plural form of canzone.
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
- capitano — a captain or chief
- caponata — (in Sicilian cookery) a dish of fried seasoned aubergine and other vegetables, served as an appetizer
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- caponize — to make (a cock) into a capon
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carborne — travelling by car
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- cariocan — a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carneous — fleshy
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- carolina — a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- carryons — Plural form of carryon.
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- cartoony — cartoonish
- carupano — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- casanova — Giovanni Jacopo (dʒoˈvanni ˈjaːkopo). 1725–98, Italian adventurer noted for his Mémoires, a vivid account of his sexual adventures and of contemporary society
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- cationic — a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- caulonia — a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.