8-letter words containing e, c, o
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cavorted — Simple past tense and past participle of cavort.
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cd-video — a compact-disc player that, when connected to a television and hi-fi, produces high-quality stereo sound and synchronized pictures from a disc resembling a large compact audio disc
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- 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.
- cenozoic — of, denoting, or relating to the most recent geological era, which began 65 000 000 years ago: characterized by the development and increase of the mammals
- censored — Having had objectionable content removed.
- 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
- cephalo- — indicating the head
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- cercopid — any small leaping herbivorous homopterous insect of the family Cercopidae; a froghopper
- cerebro- — indicating the brain
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- cerenkov — Pavel A [pah-vuh l;; Russian pah-vyil] /ˈpɑ vəl;; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl/ (Show IPA), 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.
- cernuous — (of some flowers or buds) drooping
- 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
- cervico- — cervical
- cessions — Plural form of cession.
- cesspool — A cesspool is the same as a cesspit.
- cestodes — Plural form of cestode.
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chaconne — a musical form consisting of a set of continuous variations upon a ground bass
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- 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.
- chechako — cheechako
- check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- checkoff — the procedure whereby an employer pays the employee's union dues or other fees straight from his or her salary
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- checkrow — a row of plants, esp corn, in which the spaces between adjacent plants are equal to those between adjacent rows to facilitate cultivation
- 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.
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chemico- — chemical
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.