8-letter words containing a, c, i, d
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- characid — (zoology) Any member of the Characidae.
- charidee — a jocular spelling of charity, as pronounced in a mid-Atlantic accent
- chasidic — Hasid.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- chillada — a kind of fried patty
- chiphead — (slang) A microchip expert.
- choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- ciliated — possessing or relating to cilia
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- citrated — treated with a citrate
- cityward — towards a city
- cladding — Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive.
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.
- clarinda — a female given name, form of Clara.
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- claudius — full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc–54 ad, Roman emperor (41–54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- clorinda — a female given name.
- clotilda — ?475–?545 ad, wife of Clovis I of the Franks, whom she converted (496) to Christianity
- cnidaria — an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.
- coadmire — to admire together
- cocamide — A mixture of amides of the fatty acids obtained from coconut oil, used in many surfactants.
- coccidia — any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, often parasitic in the digestive tracts of certain animals and a cause of coccidiosis.
- codomain — the set of values that a function is allowed to take
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- conidial — of or like conidia
- conoidal — Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
- conrad i — died a.d. 918, king of Germany 911–918.
- cookmaid — a maid who assists a cook
- coracoid — a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process) on the scapula
- cordelia — a feminine name
- cordials — Plural form of cordial.
- cordwain — cordovan leather
- corridas — Plural form of corrida.
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- crannied — full of crannies or chinks
- cressida — (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a woman who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes
- ctenidia — any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cyanides — Plural form of cyanide.
- cyanidin — (organic compound) A anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.
- cycladic — of or relating to the Cyclades or their inhabitants