8-letter words containing c, o, a
- catolyte — the part of the electrolyte that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell
- cattalos — Plural form of cattalo.
- catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- caulonia — a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- 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.
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- caveator — a person who enters a caveat
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- cephalo- — indicating the head
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- chaconne — a musical form consisting of a set of continuous variations upon a ground bass
- chad box — (hardware) (IBM called this a "chip box") A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the chad that accumulated in Iron Age card punches. You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box. The bit bucket was notionally the equivalent device in the CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in another great grey-and-blue box.
- chadlock — Alternative form of charlock.
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
- chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- changkol — A type of hoe.
- chansons — Plural form of chanson.
- chaochow — Chaozhou.
- chaology — the study of chaos theory
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- chaotics — (literature) A recent branch of literary and cultural studies based on chaos theory and the inherent structure of apparently chaotic systems.
- chaozhou — a city in SE China, in E Guangdong province, on the Han River: river port. Pop: 480 000 (2005 est)
- 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
- charango — an Andean ten-stringed instrument of the lute family
- charcoal — Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charlock — a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)