8-letter words containing o, n, i, s
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canopies — Plural form of canopy.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- centimos — Plural form of centimo.
- centoist — a person who composes centos
- cessions — Plural form of cession.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chiffons — Plural form of chiffon.
- chignons — Plural form of chignon.
- chinooks — Plural form of chinook.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- choosing — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chronics — Plural form of chronic.
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
- cloisonn — Alternative spelling of cloisonne.
- close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- close-in — near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city: The city is enveloping its close-in suburbs.
- closings — Plural form of closing.
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- codesign — to design jointly
- codlings — Plural form of codling.
- cofusion — Alternative form of co-fusion.
- cognises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cognise.
- cognizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cognize.
- cohesion — If there is cohesion within a society, organization, or group, the different members fit together well and form a united whole.
- coinages — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- colistin — a polymyxin antibiotic
- colonias — (in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
- colonics — of or relating to the colon.
- colonies — the subject territories formerly in the British Empire
- colonise — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colonist — Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony.
- combines — Plural form of combine.
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
- commines — Philippe de Comines