8-letter words containing c, o, t, h, a
- conchate — conchiform
- conchita — a female given name.
- connacht — a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Pop: 464 296 (2002). Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles)
- couchant — in a lying position
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- horchata — (in Spain and Latin American countries) a milky drink made from ground almonds, tiger nuts, or rice.
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- ochozath — Ahuzzath.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- outcatch — to catch more than
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outcheat — to exceed in cheating
- outcoach — to exceed in coaching
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- racahout — a substance similar to chocolate prepared as either a food or drink and made from acorns and cocoa
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- stomachs — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- tacahout — an abnormal outgrowth on a tamarisk plant
- theocrat — a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity, or is a member of the ruling group in a theocracy, as a divine king or a high priest.
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.