8-letter words containing o, c, t, s
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature
- culottes — Culottes are knee-length women's trousers that look like a skirt.
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- custodes — plural of custos.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- customed — accustomed; inured
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cut-offs — Cut-offs are short pants made by cutting part of the legs off old pants.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- cytosine — a white crystalline pyrimidine occurring in nucleic acids; 6-amino-2-hydroxy pyrimidine. Formula: C4H5N3O
- cytosols — Plural form of cytosol.
- cytosome — the body of a cell excluding its nucleus
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- dictions — style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
- diestock — a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- discotic — (chemistry) Describing disc-shaped liquid crystals.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- docetist — One who believes in docetism.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domotics — Robotic technology for use in the home.
- dorticos — Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado) 1919–83, Cuban lawyer and statesman: president 1959–76.
- dot-coms — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonic — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopic — Dystopian.
- ecostate — (of a leaf) having neither ribs nor nerves
- ecotones — Plural form of ecotone.
- ecotypes — Plural form of ecotype.
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- egoistic — Egoistical.
- ejectors — Plural form of ejector.
- electors — Plural form of elector.
- electros — Plural form of electro.
- erectors — Plural form of erector.
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- escorted — With or having an escort.
- esoteric — Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
- eteocles — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta. He expelled his brother Polynices from Thebes; they killed each other in single combat when Polynices returned as leader of the Seven against Thebes
- excitons — Plural form of exciton.
- exorcist — A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
- factions — Plural form of faction.