8-letter words containing i, o, a
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chioggia — a city in NE Italy, on an island at the S end of the Lagoon of Venice.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- 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.
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- cloaking — Present participle of cloak.
- clorinda — a female given name.
- clotilda — ?475–?545 ad, wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coaching — the act of training a person or team of people in a particular sport
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coactive — acting together.
- coadmire — to admire together
- coahuila — a state of N Mexico: mainly plateau, crossed by several mountain ranges that contain rich mineral resources. Capital: Saltillo. Pop: 2 295 808 (2000). Area: 151 571 sq km (59 112 sq miles)
- coal oil — petroleum or a refined product from petroleum, esp kerosene
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- coal tit — a small European songbird, Parus ater, having a black head with a white patch on the nape: family Paridae (tits)
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coassist — to assist jointly
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- coattail — the back part of a coat below the waist; esp., either half of this part when divided, as on a swallow-tailed coat
- cobaltic — of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state