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8-letter words containing c, o, m

  • bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
  • bromidic — ordinary; dull
  • buncombe — bunkum
  • cacomixl — The ring-tailed civet cat, Bassaris astuta.
  • caconymy — the practice of coining caconyms
  • callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
  • cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
  • cambogia — gamboge (def 1).
  • camboose — a cabin built as living quarters for a gang of lumbermen
  • cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
  • cameloid — a member of the camel family
  • camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
  • cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
  • cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
  • cameroun — Cameroon
  • camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
  • camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
  • camomile — Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.
  • camp out — If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen.
  • camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
  • campions — Plural form of campion.
  • camporee — a local meeting or assembly of Scouts
  • campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
  • camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
  • camwhore — a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts
  • canoeman — (chiefly, Canada, historical) A voyageur.
  • caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
  • car bomb — A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.
  • car-bomb — a bomb placed in a vehicle and wired to explode when the ignition is started, by remote control, or by a timing device.
  • cardamom — Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
  • cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
  • cardroom — a room for carding wool.
  • caroming — Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
  • caschrom — a wooden hand-plough used to till the ground in the northwest of Scotland
  • caseworm — any of various insect larvae that build protective cases about their bodies
  • cash mob — a group of people coordinated to meet and spend money at a local, independent business at a particular time
  • catacomb — Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried.
  • catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
  • centimos — Plural form of centimo.
  • ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
  • chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
  • chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
  • chamisos — Plural form of chamiso.
  • chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
  • chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
  • chamotte — grog (def 3).
  • champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
  • chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
  • chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
  • chemico- — chemical
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