8-letter words containing o, c, t, a
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- intonaco — (formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- invocate — invoke.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- isostacy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- jackboot — a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- lab coat — long white garment worn in laboratory
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lactonic — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lancelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- localist — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- localite — one who lives in a particular locality.
- locality — a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there: They moved to another locality.
- locatect — an architect whose buildings are designed to use local materials and labour and which are sensitive to the needs of the local environment and community
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- locators — Plural form of locator.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- loculate — having one or more locules.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- macrotia — (medicine) Abnormal development of the auricle of the ear.
- massicot — monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- maxicoat — a long coat extending to the ankle
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- metazoic — Of, or relating to the metazoa.
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microtia — A congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped.
- mistcoat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- mobocrat — One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
- mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.