8-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- clorinda — a female given name.
- 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.
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coagency — a joint agency
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- coattend — to attend jointly
- cocinera — (in Mexico) a female cook
- cockayne — a fabled land of luxury and idleness.
- cocksman — A man who is sexually talented.
- cocoanut — the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- codename — Alternative spelling of code name.
- codomain — the set of values that a function is allowed to take
- cogenial — Alternative spelling of congenial.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- cognatic — related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- coinages — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- coinmate — a fellow inmate
- cola nut — any of the seeds of the cola tree, which contain caffeine and theobromine and are used medicinally and in the manufacture of soft drinks
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- colatina — a city in SE Brazil.
- colation — The act of straining or filtering; filtration.
- colinear — collinear.
- collagen — Collagen is a protein that is found in the bodies of people and animals. It is often used as an ingredient in cosmetics or is injected into the face in cosmetic surgery, in order to make the skin look younger.
- colonial — Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism.
- colonias — (in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
- colonsay — an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)
- colorant — A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- comaneci — Nadia. born 1961, Romanian gymnast: gold medal winner in the 1976 Olympic Games where she became the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10; defected to the US in 1989
- come and — to move towards a particular person or thing or accompany a person with some specified purpose
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- commando — A commando is a group of soldiers who have been specially trained to carry out surprise attacks.
- commands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commaund — Obsolete form of command.
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- compania — company.