8-letter words containing c, o, n
- chausson — Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1855–99, French composer.
- chawdron — the entrails of an animal
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- cheer on — When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.
- chenopod — any flowering plant of the family Chenopodiaceae, which includes the beet, mangel-wurzel, spinach, and goosefoot
- chevrons — Plural form of chevron.
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chiffons — Plural form of chiffon.
- chignons — Plural form of chignon.
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- chin job — a cosmetic operation to improve the shape of the chin
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- chinchow — Jinzhou
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chinooks — Plural form of chinook.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.
- chocking — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- cholinic — Relating to, or obtained from, bile; cholic.
- chomping — Present participle of chomp.
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- chondrin — a resilient translucent bluish-white substance that forms the matrix of cartilage
- chondro- — indicating cartilage
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- chongjin — a port in E North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Pop: 603 000 (2005 est)
- choosing — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- chopping — to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often followed by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree.
- chording — the distribution of chords throughout a piece of harmony
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chromene — a compound derived from plants, used as an insecticide
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chroneme — A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
- chronics — Plural form of chronic.
- chronons — Plural form of chronon.
- chthonic — chthonian
- chunchon — a city in N South Korea.
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cibation — the act of feeding
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide