8-letter words containing n, o, c, t
- 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.
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- centimos — Plural form of centimo.
- centoist — a person who composes centos
- centrode — a locus produced by plotting the course of the instantaneous centre of two bodies in relative motion
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- 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
- chthonic — chthonian
- 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.
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- 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
- clonebot — (chat) (Or "clone") A bot meant to replicate itself en masse on a talk network (generally IRC). A bot appears on the network as several agents, and then carries out some task, typically that of flooding another user. Compare ghost.
- clothing — Clothing is the things that people wear.
- clotting — Present participle of clot.
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- cloyment — satiety
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.