8-letter words containing c, o, a, e
- cowalker — A phantom or astral body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelganger.
- cozenage — the practice of cozening.
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- cream of — creamed purée of
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- creators — Plural form of creator.
- cremator — a furnace for cremating corpses
- croakers — Plural form of croaker.
- croceate — saffron-coloured
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- dogfaces — Plural form of dogface.
- dollface — a person having a smooth, unblemished complexion and small, regular features.
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- eat crow — any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- ecofreak — a zealous or overly zealous environmentalist or preservationist.
- ecostate — (of a leaf) having neither ribs nor nerves
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- ectozoan — ectozoon.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- egg coal — anthracite in sizes ranging from 2.44 to 3.25 inches (8 to 8 cm), intermediate between broken coal and stove coal.