8-letter words containing a, c, s
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clanless — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clansman — Clansmen are people who are members of the same clan.
- clansmen — Irregular plural form of clansman.
- clappers — Plural form of clapper.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarissa — a feminine name
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- clarsach — the Celtic harp of Scotland and Ireland
- clashers — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clashier — Comparative form of clashy.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- claspers — a paired organ of male insects, used to clasp the female during copulation
- claspeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clasp.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- classest — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- classics — ancient Greek and Roman culture considered as a subject for academic study
- classier — of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
- classily — of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- classing — Present participle of class.
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- classist — Of or pertaining to classism.
- classman — a graduate of Oxford University with a classed honours degree
- classmen — Plural form of classman.
- clatters — Plural form of clatter.
- 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
- clausing — (shipping) present participle of clause.
- clausius — Rudolf Julius (ˈruːdɔlf ˈjuːliʊs). 1822–88, German physicist and mathematician. He enunciated the second law of thermodynamics (1850) and developed the kinetic theory of gases
- claustra — barrier.
- clausula — a type of musical cadence
- claviers — Plural form of clavier.
- clawless — Having no claws.
- claypans — Plural form of claypan.
- cleaners — A person or thing that cleans something, in particular.
- cleanest — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleansed — Simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
- cleanser — A cleanser is a liquid or cream that you use for cleaning your skin.
- cleanses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cleanse.
- cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
- clearest — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- cleavers — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium aparine, having small white flowers and prickly stems and fruits
- clematis — A clematis is a type of flowering shrub which can be grown to climb up walls or fences. There are many different varieties of clematis.
- climates — Plural form of climate.
- climaxes — Plural form of climax.
- closable — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.