8-letter words containing c, o, d, a
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bozcaada — Turkish island in the Aegean, near the Dardanelles: 15 sq mi (39 sq km): in Greek legend, as Tenedos, the base of the Greek fleet in the Trojan War
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- caboched — (of an image of the head of a beast) having an exposed face but a concealed neck
- caboodle — a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- caboshed — (of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.
- cacodoxy — an erroneous doctrine or heterodoxy
- caducous — (of parts of a plant or animal) shed during the life of the organism
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calvados — a department of N France in the Basse-Normandie region. Capital: Caen. Pop: 659 893 (2003 est). Area: 5693 sq km (2198 sq miles)
- calycoid — resembling a calyx
- cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- candolle — Augustin Pyrame de. 1778–1841, Swiss botanist; his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1813) introduced a new system of plant classification
- cannoned — Simple past tense and past participle of cannon.
- cannoted — a form of ·can not.
- canoodle — If two people are canoodling, they are kissing and holding each other a lot.
- canopied — A canopied building or piece of furniture is covered with a roof or a piece of material supported by poles.
- cant dog — cant hook
- cantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of canton.
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- cape cod — a long sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic
- capeador — a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.
- car-load — the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- carboard — (slang) A sport where a rider is towed behind a vehicle. In many ways it encompasses a lot of the aspects of winching in that it has a 'go anywhere' approach. It can in essence occur behind any vehicle assuming that it has sufficient horse power, torque and traction, but the most popular vehicles remain four wheel drives and tractors.
- cardamom — Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- cardioid — a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 – cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle
- cardroom — a room for carding wool.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- cartroad — a rough track or road in a rural area
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- cat door — a small door or flap in a larger door through which a cat can pass
- cat food — tinned food for cats
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- cathodal — (biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode.
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
- 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.