8-letter words containing o, c, a, n
- covenant — A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- coxswain — The coxswain of a lifeboat or other small boat is the person who steers the boat.
- cozenage — the practice of cozening.
- crack on — If you crack on with something, you continue doing it, especially with more effort than before, or as quickly as possible.
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- crampoon — Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe).
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crannoge — Alt form crannog.
- crannogs — Plural form of crannog.
- cranston — city in R.I.: suburb of Providence: pop. 79,000
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- 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.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cromorna — a reed stop in an organ giving an oboe-like tone
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crossman — Richard (Howard Stafford). 1907–74, British Labour politician. His diaries, published posthumously as the Crossman Papers (1975), revealed details of cabinet discussions
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- 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.
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- cyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- cyclonal — of or like a cyclone.
- cymation — cymatium.
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- daimonic — daemon.
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- diaconal — of or associated with a deacon or the diaconate
- diatonic — of, relating to, or based upon any scale of five tones and two semitones produced by playing the white keys of a keyboard instrument, esp the natural major or minor scales forming the basis of the key system in Western music
- dication — (chemistry) Any cation, of general formula X2+, formed by the removal of two electrons from a neutral species.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dockhand — a dockworker.