8-letter words containing a, c, e, s
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- calfless — (of a cow) having no calves
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- caliches — Plural form of caliche.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calluses — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.
- camboose — a cabin built as living quarters for a gang of lumbermen
- cambyses — died ?522 bc, king of Persia (529–?522 bc), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- camelish — similar to a camel
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campness — the quality of being camp
- campshed — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- campuses — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canalise — (British spelling) To convert a river or other waterway into a canal.
- canarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- candelas — Plural form of candela.
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canities — greyness or whiteness of hair
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canoness — a woman belonging to any one of several religious orders and living under a rule but not under a vow
- canonise — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canopies — Plural form of canopy.
- canteens — Plural form of canteen.
- canvased — Simple past tense and past participle of canvas.
- canvaser — Alt form canvasser.
- canvases — a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
- canzones — Plural form of canzone.
- capaneus — one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
- capelins — Plural form of capelin.
- capeskin — a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wool
- capiases — Plural form of capias.
- caprices — Plural form of caprice.
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.