8-letter words containing c, a, n, o, i
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- iconical — Pertaining to or consisting of images or icons.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- in vacuo — in a vacuum.
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- intonaco — (formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- invocate — invoke.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- ironical — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- isocyano — containing an isocyano group.
- jacobian — Alternative capitalization of Jacobian.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- japonica — the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- laconian — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- laconica — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lactonic — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- macaroni — small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- mammonic — Of, or pertaining to, Mammons.
- mandioca — cassava.
- marciano — Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- minorcan — of or relating to Minorca.
- mocassin — Alternative spelling of moccasin.
- moccasin — a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- monoacid — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
- morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.