8-letter words containing a, c, o, m
- compadre — a male friend
- compages — a structure or framework
- compania — company.
- companie — Obsolete spelling of company.
- compared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- comparer — One who, or that which, compares.
- compares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare.
- comparsa — a song and folk dance of Cuba.
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- comrades — A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
- con game — a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler; a shortened form of confidence game
- con--man — a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler.
- conarium — the pineal gland
- cookmaid — a maid who assists a cook
- coolamon — a shallow dish of wood or bark, used for carrying water
- copemate — a partner, comrade, paramour, or spouse
- copremia — poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- coprosma — any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament
- corallum — the skeleton of any zoophyte, esp that of a coral colony
- coramine — a drug, C10H14N2O, which is a circulatory stimulant and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, hence preventing its use by athletes
- cornmeal — Cornmeal is a powder made from maize. It is used in cooking.
- corpsman — a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- costmary — a herbaceous plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, native to Asia. Its fragrant leaves were used as a seasoning and to flavour ale: family Asteraceae (composites)
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- coumarou — a tall leguminous tree, Coumarouna odorata, of tropical America
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- crampoon — Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe).
- cream of — creamed purée of
- cremator — a furnace for cremating corpses
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cromorna — a reed stop in an organ giving an oboe-like tone
- crossarm — a horizontal bar or arm
- crossman — Richard (Howard Stafford). 1907–74, British Labour politician. His diaries, published posthumously as the Crossman Papers (1975), revealed details of cabinet discussions
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cymation — cymatium.
- cymbalom — cimbalom
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- daimonic — daemon.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.