8-letter words containing c, o, n, h
- coinhere — to inhere together
- colophon — a publisher's emblem on a book
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- conchate — conchiform
- conchies — Plural form of conchy.
- conching — Present participle of conch.
- conchita — a female given name.
- conchoid — a plane curve consisting of two branches situated about a line to which they are asymptotic, so that a line from a fixed point (the pole) intersecting both branches is of constant length between asymptote and either branch. Equation: (x – a)2(x2 + y2) = b2x2 where a is the distance between the pole and a vertical asymptote and b is the length of the constant segment
- conehead — a stupid person.
- connacht — a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Pop: 464 296 (2002). Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles)
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- cornhole — to have anal intercourse with.
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- corniche — a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- couchant — in a lying position
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- echelons — Plural form of echelon.
- echinoid — belonging or pertaining to the class Echinoidea, comprising mainly sea urchins and sand dollars.
- econiche — niche (def 3).
- enchoric — Alternative form of enchorial.
- enclothe — To cover with clothing.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- ethnicon — Name of a tribe, ethnonym.
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- euphonic — Characterized by euphony; harmonious.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fenchone — (organic compound) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel.
- finochio — Florence fennel.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.