8-letter words containing t, i, o, n
- contrib. — contributor
- contrist — to make (a person) sad
- contrite — If you are contrite, you are very sorry because you have done something wrong.
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- convicts — Plural form of convict.
- coopting — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- cooption — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- cootikin — a cloth gaiter
- corniest — pertaining to or affected with corns of the feet.
- costings — Plural form of costing.
- coteline — a kind of white muslin, either corded or ribbed, manufactured in France and designed for dress material
- cotentin — a peninsula in Normandy, N France, extending into the English Channel.
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- cotillon — cotillion.
- cotingid — (zoology) Any member of the Cotingidae.
- cotinine — a substance, C10H12N20, used to indicate the presence of nicotine
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- count in — If you tell someone to count you in, you mean that you want to be included in an activity.
- countian — a resident of a specific county
- counties — Plural form of county.
- counting — Not counting a particular thing means not including that thing. Counting a particular thing means including that thing.
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- coveting — Present participle of covet.
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- cymation — cymatium.
- cytokine — any of various proteins, secreted by cells, that carry signals to neighbouring cells. Cytokines include interferon
- cytosine — a white crystalline pyrimidine occurring in nucleic acids; 6-amino-2-hydroxy pyrimidine. Formula: C4H5N3O
- d-notice — an official notice sent to newspapers, prohibiting the publication of certain security information
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- debation — Debating.
- dedition — (obsolete) The act of yielding; surrender.
- deighton — Len. born 1929, British thriller writer. His books include The Ipcress File (1962), Bomber (1970), and the trilogy Berlin Game, Mexico Set, and London Match (1983–85)
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- deletion — the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
- demonist — A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
- demoting — Present participle of demote.
- demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.