8-letter words containing a, l, c, m
- climaxes — Plural form of climax.
- clinamen — a bias or inclination
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- coagulum — any coagulated mass; clot; curd
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- coloboma — a structural defect of the eye, esp in the choroid, retina, or iris
- colombia — a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Bogotá. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- 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.
- comitial — an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- commital — Alternative form of committal.
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- coolamon — a shallow dish of wood or bark, used for carrying water
- corallum — the skeleton of any zoophyte, esp that of a coral colony
- cornmeal — Cornmeal is a powder made from maize. It is used in cooking.
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- crumenal — a purse
- cumulant — (mathematics) Any of a set of parameters of a one-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form.
- cumulate — to accumulate
- custumal — a customary.
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- cymbalom — cimbalom
- dalmatic — a wide-sleeved tunic-like vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- emplaced — Simple past tense and past participle of emplace.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- facemail — a computer program which uses an electronically generated face to deliver messages on screen
- facepalm — the gesture of placing the palm of one's hand across the face, as to express embarrassment, frustration, disbelief, etc. (often used as an interjection): She read the post and comments and did a facepalm. Okay, that was dumb—facepalm!
- filmcard — microfiche.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- glutamic — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid.
- glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- gnomical — Gnomic.