8-letter words containing c, o, l, n
- cornwell — Patricia D(aniels). born 1956, US crime novelist; her novels, many of which feature the pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta, include Postmortem (1990), The Last Precinct (2000), and Isle of Dogs (2002)
- coronial — of or relating to a coroner
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- coteline — a kind of white muslin, either corded or ribbed, manufactured in France and designed for dress material
- cotillon — cotillion.
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- couldn't — Couldn't is the usual spoken form of 'could not'.
- councell — Obsolete spelling of council.
- councils — Plural form of council.
- counsell — Obsolete spelling of counsel.
- counsels — Plural form of counsel.
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cousinly — like or befitting a cousin.
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- cowlings — Plural form of cowling.
- cowlneck — a style of neckline for a woman's garment having material draped in rounded folds.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crownlet — a small crown
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cullions — Plural form of cullion.
- culloden — a moor near Inverness in N Scotland: site of a battle in 1746 in which government troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobites under Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- cyclonal — of or like a cyclone.
- cyclones — Plural form of cyclone.
- cyclonic — of or relating to a cyclone.
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- diaconal — of or associated with a deacon or the diaconate
- dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
- dolmenic — of or relating to a dolmen
- echelons — Plural form of echelon.
- eclosion — the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- el cajon — city in S Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 95,000
- election — A formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
- electron — A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- enclosed — Surround or close off on all sides.
- encloser — (now, chiefly, historical) Someone who appropriates common land.
- encloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enclose.
- enclothe — To cover with clothing.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- ensorcel — Alternative form of ensorcell.
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.