8-letter words containing c, o
- block in — If you are blocked in, someone has parked their car in such a way that you cannot drive yours away.
- block up — If you block something up or if it blocks up, it is blocked completely so that nothing can get through it.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- blocking — the interruption of anode current in a valve because of the application of a high negative voltage to the grid
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- bloncket — of a blue-grey colour
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- blowback — the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc
- blue cod — a common marine spiny-finned food fish, Parapercis colias, of the sub-Antarctic waters of New Zealand, esp at the Chatham Islands, which is greenish blue with brown marbling and inhabits rocky bottoms. Its smoked flesh is considered a delicacy
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- boadicea — Boudicca
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bocaccio — a species of rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, commonly found along the west coast of North America
- boccioni — Umberto (umˈberto). 1882–1916, Italian painter and sculptor: principal theorist of the futurist movement
- bockscar — the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945.
- body-con — a style of skintight clothing that emphasizes the contours of the body
- bok choy — a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leaves
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bollocks — Bollocks is used by some people to express disagreement, dislike, or annoyance.
- bombycid — any moth, including the silkworm moth, of the family Bombycidae, most of which occur in Africa and SE Asia
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
- bookrack — a rack for holding books
- boot-cut — (of trousers) slightly flared at the bottom of the legs
- bootjack — a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- borecole — kale (def 1).
- bornitic — of or relating to bornite
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- botch-up — A botch-up is the same as a botch.
- botchery — an instance of botched workmanship
- botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bouncing — If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby.
- bow back — a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling.
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
- box coat — a plain short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders
- bozcaada — Turkish island in the Aegean, near the Dardanelles: 15 sq mi (39 sq km): in Greek legend, as Tenedos, the base of the Greek fleet in the Trojan War
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps