8-letter words that end in o
- bottle-o — a dealer in empty bottles
- bozzetto — a small model for a planned sculpture or a small sketch for a planned painting
- brentano — Clemens (Maria) (ˈkleːmənz). 1778–1842, German romantic poet and compiler of fairy stories and folk songs esp (with Achim von Arnim) the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- bring to — If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- bronzino — Il, real name Agnolo di Cosimo. 1503–72, Florentine mannerist painter
- bucchero — an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
- burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
- buy into — If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it.
- by jingo — an exclamation of surprise
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- calexico — a town in S California.
- callaloo — the leaves of the taro, or, sometimes, other plants, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- capitano — a captain or chief
- capuccio — a capuche
- carupano — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- castrato — (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice
- caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- cd-video — a compact-disc player that, when connected to a television and hi-fi, produces high-quality stereo sound and synchronized pictures from a disc resembling a large compact audio disc
- chamorro — a member of one of the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
- charango — an Andean ten-stringed instrument of the lute family
- charneco — a type of sweet wine originating from Portugal
- chechako — cheechako
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chiclayo — a city in NW Peru. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- cicisbeo — the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cioppino — an Italian rich fish stew
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- cocinero — a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- cockapoo — a cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle
- cockatoo — A cockatoo is a kind of parrot from Australia or New Guinea which has a bunch of feathers called a crest on its head.
- cocobolo — the hard, durable wood of any of several tropical trees of the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family, used for making furniture.
- colorado — a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop: 4 550 688 (2003 est). Area: 269 998 sq km (104 247 sq miles)
- commando — A commando is a group of soldiers who have been specially trained to carry out surprise attacks.
- completo — (slang) A hot dog with the works.
- con brio — (to be performed) with liveliness or spirit, as in the phrase allegro con brio
- con moto — (to be performed) in a brisk or lively manner