8-letter words containing c, o, n, a, t
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- optician — a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- ostracon — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- pacation — the act of making peace
- panoptic — permitting the viewing of all parts or elements: a panoptic stain used in microscopy; a panoptic aerial photograph of an enemy missile base.
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- scotsman — a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- sortance — suitableness
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- tacloban — a seaport on NE Leyte, in the central Philippines.
- taconite — a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- talionic — of or relating to the system or legal principle of talion
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- torrance — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- toucanet — any of several small South and Central American toucans, especially of the genus Aulacorhynchus.
- town car — an automobile having an enclosed rear seat separated by a glass partition from the open driver's seat.
- toxicant — poisonous; toxic.
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turncoat — a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- uncoated — not covered with a coating
- vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- vocation — a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.