8-letter words containing c, o, i, n
- 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.
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- cenozoic — of, denoting, or relating to the most recent geological era, which began 65 000 000 years ago: characterized by the development and increase of the mammals
- centimos — Plural form of centimo.
- centoist — a person who composes centos
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- cessions — Plural form of cession.
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chiffons — Plural form of chiffon.
- chignons — Plural form of chignon.
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- chin job — a cosmetic operation to improve the shape of the chin
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- chinchow — Jinzhou
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chinooks — Plural form of chinook.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.
- chocking — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- cholinic — Relating to, or obtained from, bile; cholic.
- chomping — Present participle of chomp.
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- chondrin — a resilient translucent bluish-white substance that forms the matrix of cartilage
- chongjin — a port in E North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Pop: 603 000 (2005 est)
- choosing — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- chopping — to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often followed by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree.
- chording — the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chronics — Plural form of chronic.
- chthonic — chthonian
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cibation — the act of feeding
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)