8-letter words containing c, o, t, a
- cattalos — Plural form of cattalo.
- catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- caveator — a person who enters a caveat
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- chaotics — (literature) A recent branch of literary and cultural studies based on chaos theory and the inherent structure of apparently chaotic systems.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- 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
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- cibation — the act of feeding
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clawfoot — (medicine, uncountable) A condition of the human foot in which the sole of the foot is distinctly hollow when bearing weight, i.e. it has a fixed plantar flexion.
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- clotilda — ?475–?545 ad, wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coactive — acting together.
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- coal pot — a cooking device using charcoal, consisting of a raised iron bowl and a central grid
- coal tar — Coal tar is a thick black liquid made from coal which is used for making drugs and chemical products.
- coal tit — a small European songbird, Parus ater, having a black head with a white patch on the nape: family Paridae (tits)
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- coarsest — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coassist — to assist jointly