8-letter words containing c, o, n, a, t
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- ectozoan — ectozoon.
- enaction — The process of enacting something.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- exaction — The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment or service.
- factions — Plural form of faction.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- intonaco — (formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- invocate — invoke.
- 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.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lactonic — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lancelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
- montcalm — Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1712–59, French general in Canada.
- narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- nicotian — the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; tobacco itself
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- nonactor — a person who is not an actor
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- notecard — A paper card on which notes are written, or which is intended for such use.
- notecase — billfold.
- occation — Misspelling of occasion.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- oceanaut — aquanaut.
- oceanite — A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- octangle — octangular.
- octanoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to octanoic acid or its derivatives.
- octantal — relating to an octant
- octaroon — Alternative spelling of octoroon.
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- on track — heading for sth
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.