8-letter words containing c, o, n
- carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- carryons — Plural form of carryon.
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- cartoony — cartoonish
- carupano — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- casanova — Giovanni Jacopo (dʒoˈvanni ˈjaːkopo). 1725–98, Italian adventurer noted for his Mémoires, a vivid account of his sexual adventures and of contemporary society
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- cationic — a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- caulonia — a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cavicorn — (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- cenozoic — of, denoting, or relating to the most recent geological era, which began 65 000 000 years ago: characterized by the development and increase of the mammals
- censored — Having had objectionable content removed.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- centimos — Plural form of centimo.
- centoist — a person who composes centos
- centrode — a locus produced by plotting the course of the instantaneous centre of two bodies in relative motion
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- cerenkov — Pavel A [pah-vuh l;; Russian pah-vyil] /ˈpɑ vəl;; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl/ (Show IPA), 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.
- cernuous — (of some flowers or buds) drooping
- cessions — Plural form of cession.
- chaconne — a musical form consisting of a set of continuous variations upon a ground bass
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- chamfron — a piece of armour for a horse's head
- chamonix — a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9514 (2006)
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chanfron — a piece of plate armor for defending a horse's head.
- changkol — A type of hoe.
- chansons — Plural form of chanson.
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charango — an Andean ten-stringed instrument of the lute family
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.