8-letter words containing c, o, i, n
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- crooning — a style of relaxed and seemingly effortless singing, particularly popular in the1930s and 1940s
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
- crowd in — If problems or thoughts crowd in on you, a lot of them happen to you or affect you at the same time, so that they occupy all your attention and make you feel unable to escape.
- crowding — a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.
- crowning — the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening
- cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
- cui bono — for whose benefit? for what purpose?
- cullions — Plural form of cullion.
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- cunjevoi — an aroid plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza, of tropical Asia and Australia, cultivated for its edible rhizome
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- cyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- cyclonic — of or relating to a cyclone.
- cymation — cymatium.
- cytokine — any of various proteins, secreted by cells, that carry signals to neighbouring cells. Cytokines include interferon
- cytosine — a white crystalline pyrimidine occurring in nucleic acids; 6-amino-2-hydroxy pyrimidine. Formula: C4H5N3O
- d-notice — an official notice sent to newspapers, prohibiting the publication of certain security information
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- daimonic — daemon.
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- decoding — the act or the process of converting something from a coded form into a normal form
- decomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of ten squares.
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- decurion — a local councillor
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- diaconal — of or associated with a deacon or the diaconate
- diatonic — of, relating to, or based upon any scale of five tones and two semitones produced by playing the white keys of a keyboard instrument, esp the natural major or minor scales forming the basis of the key system in Western music
- dication — (chemistry) Any cation, of general formula X2+, formed by the removal of two electrons from a neutral species.
- dictions — style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- diogenic — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dolmenic — of or relating to a dolmen
- dominica — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.