8-letter words containing oc
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- nonfocal — Not focal.
- nonlocal — pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.
- nonstock — (business) Not issuing capital stock.
- nonvocal — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- nuoc mam — a fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.
- oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
- ocarinas — Plural form of ocarina.
- occamist — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occation — Misspelling of occasion.
- occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
- occipita — Plural form of occiput.
- occluded — Simple past tense and past participle of occlude.
- occluder — (medicine) an implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.
- occludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occlude.
- occlusal — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occlusor — a muscle that closes an aperture when it contracts
- occulted — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- occulter — Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events.
- occultly — In an occult manner.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
- occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occuring — Misspelling of occurring, the present participle of occur.
- occurred — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- oceanaut — aquanaut.
- oceanian — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- oceanite — A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
- oceanog. — oceanography
- ocellate — (of a spot or marking) eyelike.
- ocherous — any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- ochozath — Ahuzzath.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- ochreous — ocher.
- ockeghem — Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), Okeghem, Jean d'.
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- ockodols — one's feet when wearing boots
- ocmulgee — a river in NW Georgia, flowing SE to join the Oconee River and form the Altamaha River. 255 miles (410 km) long.
- ocotillo — a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch.
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- octaloop — (genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif.
- octangle — octangular.
- octanoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to octanoic acid or its derivatives.