8-letter words containing c, o, g
- go-juice — fuel for an engine, esp petrol
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- 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
- goodrich — Samuel Griswold [griz-wuh ld,, -wohld,, -wawld] /ˈgrɪz wəld,, -woʊld,, -wɔld/ (Show IPA), ("Peter Parley") 1793–1860, U.S. author and publisher.
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- gracioso — a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gralloch — the entrails of a deer
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gritrock — Gritstone.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- guacharo — a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.
- guaiacol — a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
- 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.
- hiccough — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- incoming — coming in; arriving: the incoming tide.
- isagogic — introductory, especially to the interpretation of the Bible.
- isogamic — isogamous
- isogenic — (of organisms) having the same or closely similar genotypes.
- isogonic — having or pertaining to equal angles.
- jickajog — a jogging or rolling motion
- jouncing — Present participle of jounce.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- knocking — Present participle of knock.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- lexicog. — lexicographical
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.