8-letter words containing o, c, a, n
- nonacids — Plural form of nonacid.
- nonactor — a person who is not an actor
- nonbasic — of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- nonclaim — Failure to make a legal claim.
- nonclass — Not a class, or not belonging to a class.
- nondance — a series of simple movements that do not constitute a formal dance
- nonfocal — Not focal.
- nonlocal — pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.
- nonmagic — Not magic; nonmagical.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- nonvocal — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- notecard — A paper card on which notes are written, or which is intended for such use.
- notecase — billfold.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- nuoc mam — a fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.
- o canada — the Canadian national anthem
- ocarinas — Plural form of ocarina.
- occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occation — Misspelling of occasion.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- oceanaut — aquanaut.
- oceanian — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- oceanite — A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
- oceanog. — oceanography
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- octangle — octangular.
- octanoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to octanoic acid or its derivatives.
- octantal — relating to an octant
- octaroon — Alternative spelling of octoroon.
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- on track — heading for sth
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- oolachan — eulachon.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- optician — a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- oracling — Present participle of oracle.
- orcadian — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- ordnance — cannon or artillery.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- ossianic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossian, the poetry attributed to him, or the rhythmic prose published by James Macpherson in 1762–63, purporting to be a translation from the Scottish Gaelic.
- ostracon — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.