8-letter words containing a, t, c, o
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bootjack — a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- box coat — a plain short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- buffcoat — buff1 (def 6).
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cacation — (archaic) excretion.
- cachalot — sperm whale
- cachepot — an ornamental container for a flowerpot
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- califont — a gas water heater
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- call-out — an act or instance of calling out.
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camp out — If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- cannoted — a form of ·can not.
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cant dog — cant hook
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- cantonal — Of, pertaining to, or divided into cantons.
- cantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of canton.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- capitano — a captain or chief
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- caponata — (in Sicilian cookery) a dish of fried seasoned aubergine and other vegetables, served as an appetizer
- 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.