8-letter words containing a, p, o
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- capuccio — a capuche
- car pool — A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English, car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car.
- car port — A car port is a shelter for cars which is attached to a house and consists of a flat roof supported on pillars.
- car-pool — Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car
- carpools — Plural form of carpool.
- carports — Plural form of carport.
- carupano — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- cassiope — (sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- cephalo- — indicating the head
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chapbook — a book of popular ballads, stories, etc, formerly sold by chapmen or pedlars
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- coal pot — a cooking device using charcoal, consisting of a raised iron bowl and a central grid
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- coappear — to appear jointly
- cockapoo — a cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle
- collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- compacts — Plural form of compact.
- compadre — a male friend
- compages — a structure or framework
- compania — company.
- companie — Obsolete spelling of company.
- compared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- comparer — One who, or that which, compares.
- compares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare.
- comparsa — a song and folk dance of Cuba.
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- conepati — hog-nosed skunk (def 2).
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- coparent — a fellow parent
- copastor — a fellow pastor
- copatron — a fellow patron
- copemate — a partner, comrade, paramour, or spouse