8-letter words containing s, c, o
- chronons — Plural form of chronon.
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cicisbeo — the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
- clitoris — The clitoris is a part at the front of a woman's sexual organs where she can feel sexual pleasure.
- clobbers — Plural form of clobber.
- clockers — Plural form of clocker.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- cloisonn — Alternative spelling of cloisonne.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- closable — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- 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 up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- close-by — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- close-in — near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city: The city is enveloping its close-in suburbs.
- close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- closeout — A closeout at a store is a sale at which goods are sold at reduced prices.
- closeted — If you are closeted with someone, you are talking privately to them.
- closeups — Plural form of closeup.
- closings — Plural form of closing.
- closures — Plural form of closure.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- clovis i — German name Chlodwig. ?466–511 ad, king of the Franks (481–511), who extended the Merovingian kingdom to include most of Gaul and SW Germany
- 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.
- cloyless — not cloying
- cloysome — having a cloying nature
- clubmoss — Alternative spelling of club moss.
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.
- coal gas — a mixture of gases produced by the distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting: consists mainly of hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coalesce — If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coalless — without coal
- coalsack — a sack in which coal is carried
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsest — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsish — quite coarse