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8-letter words containing o, c, a, n

  • manchego — a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk
  • mancozeb — A grayish-yellow pesticide.
  • mandioca — cassava.
  • manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
  • marcianoRocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
  • marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
  • mascaron — mask (def 11).
  • mcdonaldDavid John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
  • meconate — a salt of meconic acid
  • mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
  • midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
  • minorcan — of or relating to Minorca.
  • mocassin — Alternative spelling of moccasin.
  • moccasin — a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
  • moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
  • monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
  • monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
  • monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
  • monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
  • monclova — a city in NE Mexico.
  • monoacid — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
  • monocarp — a plant that dies after having once borne fruit.
  • monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
  • montcalm — Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1712–59, French general in Canada.
  • mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
  • mooncalf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
  • moonface — a round and full face
  • morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.
  • mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
  • moroccan — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • myomancy — a form of divination by observing mice
  • nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
  • nanchong — a city in E central Sichuan province, in central China.
  • nancyboy — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate or homosexual man.
  • nanoacre — (unit, humour)   /nan'oh-ay"kr/ A unit (about 2 mm square) of real estate on a VLSI integrated circuit. VLSI nanoacres have costs in the same range as real acres once one allows for design and fabrication setup costs.
  • narcosis — a state of stupor or drowsiness.
  • narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
  • naricorn — a horny sheath which protects the nostrils of certain birds
  • neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
  • neolocal — living or located away from both the husband's and the wife's relatives: a neolocal family.
  • neorican — a Puerto Rican living in New York or one who has lived in New York and returned to Puerto Rico.
  • niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
  • nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
  • nicotian — the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; tobacco itself
  • noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
  • nocardia — any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
  • noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
  • nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
  • noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
  • nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
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