8-letter words containing a, c, i, e
- cei-pact — Central European Initiative on Parallel Computation.
- celeriac — a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, with a large turnip-like root, used as a vegetable
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- centiare — a unit of area equal to one square metre
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
- cephalic — of or relating to the head
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- ceramics — the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
- ceramide — any of a class of biologically important compounds used as moisturizers in skin-care preparations
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- ceratite — An ammonoid fossil of an intermediate type found chiefly in the Permian and Triassic periods, typically with partly frilled and partly lobed suture lines.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- cercaria — one of the larval forms of trematode worms. It has a short forked tail and resembles an immature adult
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cessavit — (UK, legal, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chaffier — consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.
- chainage — a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- chalices — Plural form of chalice.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- chappies — Plural form of chappie.
- charidee — a jocular spelling of charity, as pronounced in a mid-Atlantic accent
- chariest — Superlative form of chary.
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charrier — Comparative form of charry.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- chastize — Alternative form of chastise.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chattier — Comparative form of chatty.
- chazerei — anything of little value; junk; garbage.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chemical — Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- chicanes — Plural form of chicane.
- chichewa — the language of the Chewa people of central Africa, widely used as a lingua franca in Malawi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
- chickpea — Chickpeas are hard round seeds that look like pale-brown peas. They can be cooked and eaten.
- chigetai — a variety of the Asiatic wild ass, Equus hemionus, of Mongolia