8-letter words containing c, o, s, i
- cicisbeo — the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
- clitoris — The clitoris is a part at the front of a woman's sexual organs where she can feel sexual pleasure.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- cloisonn — Alternative spelling of cloisonne.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- close-in — near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city: The city is enveloping its close-in suburbs.
- closings — Plural form of closing.
- clovis i — German name Chlodwig. ?466–511 ad, king of the Franks (481–511), who extended the Merovingian kingdom to include most of Gaul and SW Germany
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coassist — to assist jointly
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- cockpits — Plural form of cockpit.
- codesign — to design jointly
- codicils — Plural form of codicil.
- codifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codify.
- codlings — Plural form of codling.
- coexists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist.
- cofusion — Alternative form of co-fusion.
- cognises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cognise.
- cognizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cognize.
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohesion — If there is cohesion within a society, organization, or group, the different members fit together well and form a united whole.
- cohesive — Something that is cohesive consists of parts that fit together well and form a united whole.
- coinages — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- coistrel — a knave
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- colistin — a polymyxin antibiotic
- collides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collide.
- colliers — Plural form of collier.
- colloids — Plural form of colloid.
- colonias — (in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
- colonics — of or relating to the colon.
- colonies — the subject territories formerly in the British Empire
- colonise — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colonist — Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony.
- colorism — Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
- colorist — A colorist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colors in an interesting and original way.