8-letter words containing i, c, o
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- cimbalom — a type of dulcimer, esp of Hungary
- cimolite — a soft, clayey mineral of white, grey, or reddish coloration
- cinchona — any tree or shrub of the South American rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, having medicinal bark
- cinnamon — Cinnamon is a sweet spice used for flavouring food.
- cioppino — an Italian rich fish stew
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- cleidoic — isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
- clifford — a masculine name: dim. Cliff
- clifftop — A clifftop is the area of land around the top of a cliff.
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- clitoric — relating to the clitoris
- clitoris — The clitoris is a part at the front of a woman's sexual organs where she can feel sexual pleasure.
- cloaking — Present participle of cloak.
- clock in — When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived.
- clocking — Present participle of clock.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- clogging — to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.
- cloisonn — Alternative spelling of cloisonne.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- clomping — Present participle of clomp.
- clopping — a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- clorinda — a female given name.
- 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.
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- clothing — Clothing is the things that people wear.
- clotilda — ?475–?545 ad, wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity
- clotting — Present participle of clot.
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- 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
- clowning — clownish behaviour
- 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.
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- cnidocil — a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- co-drive — to take alternate turns driving (a vehicle) with another person