8-letter words containing a, g, c
- backings — Plural form of backing.
- backlogs — Plural form of backlog.
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- beachbag — a large handbag, sometimes of canvas, used to carry personal items, as a bathing suit, towel, and suntan lotion, to and from a beach.
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- bergerac — Savinien Cyrano de [sav-in-yen sir-uh-noh duh;; French sa-vee-nyan see-ra-naw duh] /ˌsæv ɪnˈyɛn ˈsɪr əˌnoʊ də;; French sa viˈnyɛ̃ si raˈnɔ də/ (Show IPA), 1619–55, French soldier, swordsman, and writer: hero of play by Rostand.
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blackleg — a person who acts against the interests of a trade union, as by continuing to work during a strike or taking over a striker's job
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- caatinga — a Brazilian semi-arid scrub forest
- cabbaged — Chiefly British. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim. Also called cab. such scraps used for reprocessing.
- cabbages — Plural form of cabbage.
- cabbagey — resembling a cabbage
- cabining — Present participle of cabin.
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cackling — Present participle of cackle.
- cacology — a bad choice of words; faulty speech
- caddying — Present participle of caddy.
- cagebird — A bird kept in a cage.
- cageless — Without a cage.
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- cagliari — a port in Italy, the capital of Sardinia, on the S coast. Pop: 164 249 (2001)
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- caingang — a member of an Indian people of southern Brazil.
- cajoling — Present participle of cajole.
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- caligula — original name Gaius Caesar, son of Germanicus. 12–41 ad, Roman emperor (37–41), noted for his cruelty and tyranny; assassinated
- callgirl — Alternative spelling of call girl.
- callings — Plural form of calling.
- calzaghe — Joe. born 1972, Welsh boxer: won all 46 of his professional fights (1993–2008); world champion in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions
- cam gear — a gear not centered on the shaft, used where discontinuous action is required
- camaguey — a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)
- cambogia — gamboge (def 1).
- campagna — a low-lying plain surrounding Rome, Italy: once fertile, it deteriorated to malarial marshes; but has since been reclaimed. Area: about 2000 sq km (800 sq miles)
- campagne — a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
- campaign — A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
- canaigre — a dock, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the southern US, the root of which yields a substance used in tanning
- 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.
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- cant dog — cant hook