8-letter words containing a, c, e, n
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- cabernet — a type of grape
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cadenced — having or marked by a rhythmical cadence: the cadenced steps of marching troops.
- cadences — Plural form of cadence.
- cadenzas — Plural form of cadenza.
- cadherin — (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
- cadinene — (organic compound) Any of a group of isomeric sesquiterpenes found in juniper essential oil.
- cadreman — an officer or enlisted person in a military cadre.
- caducean — relating to a caduceus
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- caffeine — Caffeine is a chemical substance found in coffee, tea, and cocoa, which affects your brain and body and makes you more active.
- caftaned — wearing a caftan
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- cake pan — A cake pan is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calanthe — any of various orchids of the genus Calanthe of the family Orchidaceae, found in tropical areas and having long-lasting yellow, white, or pink flowers
- calcanei — Plural form of calcaneus.
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calciner — a person or thing that calcines.
- calendal — relating to the calends
- calendar — A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months, weeks, and days.
- calender — a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calycine — relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.
- cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
- camelina — The plant Camelina sativa, sometimes cultivated for oilseed.
- cameline — a material made from camel hair
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- campagne — a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
- camphane — a terpene hyrdocarbon, C10H18, that is both saturated and inert
- camphene — a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C10H16
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
- campness — the quality of being camp
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canaigre — a dock, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the southern US, the root of which yields a substance used in tanning
- canaille — the masses; mob; rabble
- canalise — (British spelling) To convert a river or other waterway into a canal.
- canalize — to provide with or convert into a canal or canals
- canaller — a person who works on a canal boat
- canarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.