8-letter words containing c, o, t, e
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cachepot — an ornamental container for a flowerpot
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- cannoted — a form of ·can not.
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of canton.
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carveout — A small company created from a larger one.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- catolyte — the part of the electrolyte that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell
- caveator — a person who enters a caveat
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- celloist — (rare) synonym of cellist.
- 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.
- 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
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- cerotype — a process for preparing a printing plate by engraving a wax-coated copper plate and then using this as a mould for an electrotype
- cerritos — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 51,000
- cestodes — Plural form of cestode.
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chepstow — a town in S Wales, in Monmouthshire on the River Wye: tourism, light industry. Pop: 10 821 (2001)
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)