8-letter words that end in o
- concerto — A concerto is a piece of music written for one or more solo instruments and an orchestra.
- concetto — a conceit or ingenious thought
- confetto — a sweetmeat
- conjunto — a style of Mexican and Texan music featuring the accordion and traditional Mexican elements
- contango — (formerly, on the London Stock Exchange) postponement of payment for and delivery of stock from one account day to the next
- contempo — contemporary
- continuo — a shortened form of basso continuo
- contorno — (in Italy) a side dish of salad or vegetables that is commonly served alongside the main course
- converso — a medieval Spanish Jew who converted to Catholicism, usually in order to avoid persecution from either the Spanish Inquisition or the Portugese Inquisition
- coraggio — an exhortation for a person to be brave
- cornetto — A woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries, typically curved, with finger holes and a cup -shaped mouthpiece.
- corocoro — a South Asian boat fitted with outriggers
- coronado — Franˈcisˈco Vásquez de (fʀɑnˈðisˈkɔ vɑskɛð ðɛ) ; fränthēsˈk^ō väsˈketh the) 1510?-54?; Sp. explorer of what is now the Southwest in the U.S.
- costello — Elvis, real name Declan McManus. born 1954, British rock singer and songwriter. His recordings include This Year's Model (1978), "Oliver's Army" (1979), Spike (1989), Brutal Youth (1994), and When I Was Cruel (2003)
- cotabato — a city on W central Mindanao, in the S Philippines.
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- cruzeiro — a former monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the cruzeiro real
- cui bono — for whose benefit? for what purpose?
- curculio — any of various American weevils, esp Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), a pest of fruit trees
- de dicto — relating to the expression of a belief, possibility, etc, rather than to the individuals mentioned, as in the number of the planets is the number of satellites of the sun, the truth of which is independent of what number that is
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- de plano — without argument.
- decomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of ten squares.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- desterro — former name of Florianópolis.
- dicaprio — Leonardo. born 1974, US film actor; his films include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), and Django Unchained (2012)
- dig into — to penetrate by or as by digging
- dimaggio — Joseph Paul ("Joe"; "Joltin' Joe") 1914–1999, U.S. baseball player.
- dip into — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- do-si-do — a figure in square-dancing, in which two persons advance, pass around each other back to back, and return to their places.
- dolcetto — a variety of grape for making wine, chiefly grown in the Piedmont region of Italy
- doloroso — plaintive, as if expressing sorrow (used as a musical direction).
- double-o — careful scrutiny or close inspection.
- drink to — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- duecento — the 13th century, with reference to Italy, especially to its art or literature.
- duettino — a duet that is brief and to the point
- dulbecco — Renato [ruh-nah-toh;; Italian re-nah-taw] /rəˈnɑ toʊ;; Italian rɛˈnɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1914–2012, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- eat into — use or consume part of
- el greco — real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour
- encierro — the Spanish bull-run, in which bulls are driven through streets to a bullring
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- eslpdpro — ESL public domain version of Edinburgh Prolog for MS-DOS. The code is totally compatible with C-Prolog.
- espresso — Strong black coffee made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans.
- espumoso — sparkling wine
- expresso — Alternative spelling of espresso.
- falsetto — an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, especially in a man.
- fanagalo — a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.
- fanakalo — a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.
- fandango — a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time, performed by a man and woman playing castanets.
- farolito — luminaria.