8-letter words containing n, a, o, t
- brampton — city in SE Ontario, Canada, near Toronto: pop. 268,000
- brentano — Clemens (Maria) (ˈkleːmənz). 1778–1842, German romantic poet and compiler of fairy stories and folk songs esp (with Achim von Arnim) the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- cacation — (archaic) excretion.
- califont — a gas water heater
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- cannoted — a form of ·can not.
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cant dog — cant hook
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- cantonal — Of, pertaining to, or divided into cantons.
- cantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of canton.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- capitano — a captain or chief
- caponata — (in Sicilian cookery) a dish of fried seasoned aubergine and other vegetables, served as an appetizer
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- cartoony — cartoonish
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- cationic — a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catwoman — (rare) A woman in a cat costume.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- 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.
- citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.