8-letter words containing a, s, o, c, i
- 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.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castizos — Plural form of castizo.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
- chaotics — (literature) A recent branch of literary and cultural studies based on chaos theory and the inherent structure of apparently chaotic systems.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coassist — to assist jointly
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- coinages — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- colonias — (in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
- contains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contain.
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- corridas — Plural form of corrida.
- corsairs — Plural form of corsair.
- corsican — of or relating to Corsica or its inhabitants
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- coxswain — The coxswain of a lifeboat or other small boat is the person who steers the boat.
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- factions — Plural form of faction.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- fasciola — (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.