8-letter words containing n, o, c, e
- cottoned — Simple past tense and past participle of cotton.
- councell — Obsolete spelling of council.
- counsell — Obsolete spelling of counsel.
- counsels — Plural form of counsel.
- counter- — Counter- is used to form words which refer to actions or activities that are intended to prevent other actions or activities or that respond to them.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- countess — A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
- countest — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
- counties — Plural form of county.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
- couponer — a person who seeks out or saves discount coupons, as for buying grocery items.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covenant — A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- coveying — Present participle of covey.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowinner — one of a number of winners
- cowlneck — a style of neckline for a woman's garment having material draped in rounded folds.
- coxiness — the quality of being coxy
- cozenage — the practice of cozening.
- cozening — Present participle of cozen.
- coziness — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- cremorne — a crumhorn
- creodont — any of a group of extinct Tertiary mammals some of which are thought to have been the ancestors of modern carnivores: order Carnivora
- cretonne — a heavy cotton or linen fabric with a printed design, used for furnishing
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- cromorne — crumhorn.
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- crowners — Plural form of crowner.
- crownets — Plural form of crownet.
- crownlet — a small crown
- cryogens — Plural form of cryogen.
- culloden — a moor near Inverness in N Scotland: site of a battle in 1746 in which government troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobites under Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cunjevoi — an aroid plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza, of tropical Asia and Australia, cultivated for its edible rhizome
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- cyclones — Plural form of cyclone.
- cymogene — a mixture of volatile flammable hydrocarbons, mainly butane, obtained in the distillation of petroleum
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty