8-letter words containing a, c, i, d
- calycoid — resembling a calyx
- cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- canadian — Canadian means belonging or relating to Canada, or to its people or culture.
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- candidal — relating to candida
- candidly — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candling — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- candying — any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- canidate — Eye dialect of candidate.
- canopied — A canopied building or piece of furniture is covered with a roof or a piece of material supported by poles.
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- capsized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsize.
- captived — Simple past tense and past participle of captive.
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- carangid — any marine percoid fish of the family Carangidae, having a compressed body and deeply forked tail. The group includes the jacks, horse mackerel, pompano, and pilot fish
- cardigan — A cardigan is a knitted woollen sweater that you can fasten at the front with buttons or a zip.
- cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- cardioid — a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 – cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle
- carditic — relating to carditis
- carditis — inflammation of the heart
- carducci — Giosuè (dʒozuˈɛ). 1835–1907, Italian poet: Nobel prize for literature 1906
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- caryatid — a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- caudaite — a small meteorite, generally less than one half millimeter in diameter, containing crystals of more or less pure magnetite.
- caudicle — the stalk to which an orchid's pollen masses are attached
- caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- cavitand — (chemistry) any of several classes of macrocycle that have a shape containing a cavity in which a guest molecule or ion may fit.
- cavitied — Having cavities.
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
- ceramide — any of a class of biologically important compounds used as moisturizers in skin-care preparations
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- chadarim — plural of cheder.
- chadwick — Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- chaldaic — an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers