8-letter words containing n, a, c, o, g
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- gascogne — Gascony
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- manchego — a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk
- nanchong — a city in E central Sichuan province, in central China.
- nonmagic — Not magic; nonmagical.
- oceanog. — oceanography
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- octangle — octangular.
- oracling — Present participle of oracle.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- packfong — a Chinese cupronickel alloy
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.