8-letter words containing c, o, g, n
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- ectogeny — the effect of pollination and fertilization on the tissues of a plant
- encoding — (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- encoring — Present participle of encore.
- epigonic — of an epigone
- exogenic — Formed or occurring on the surface of the earth.
- floccing — Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- flocking — a lock or tuft of wool, hair, cotton, etc.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- forcings — Plural form of forcing.
- frocking — a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- gascogne — Gascony
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- geogonic — relating to geogony
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geoponic — of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- gerontic — geriatric.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucogen — Alternative form of glycogen.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- glyconic — (of a line of verse) consisting of three trochees and one dactyl
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- gnomonic — of or relating to a gnomon or to a sundial.
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- gonocyte — an oocyte or spermatocyte
- gonoduct — a duct leading from a gonad to the exterior, through which gametes pass
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- gunstock — the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- incoming — coming in; arriving: the incoming tide.
- isogenic — (of organisms) having the same or closely similar genotypes.
- isogonic — having or pertaining to equal angles.
- jouncing — Present participle of jounce.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.