8-letter words containing a, l, i, n, c
- califont — a gas water heater
- callings — Plural form of calling.
- calycine — relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
- camelina — The plant Camelina sativa, sometimes cultivated for oilseed.
- cameline — a material made from camel hair
- canaille — the masses; mob; rabble
- canalise — (British spelling) To convert a river or other waterway into a canal.
- canalize — to provide with or convert into a canal or canals
- cancelli — strips that form a latticework
- candidal — relating to candida
- candidly — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candling — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- canicula — Sirius, the Dog Star
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- cannibal — Cannibals are people who eat the flesh of other human beings.
- cannolis — Plural form of cannoli.
- canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- cantling — a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired.
- capeline — a cap-shaped bandage for covering either the head or an amputation stump
- capelins — Plural form of capelin.
- car line — trolley line.
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbinol — methanol
- cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- careline — a telephone service set up by a company or other organization to provide its customers or clients with information about its products or services
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carinula — a small carina.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)
- carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- carolina — a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- cat line — A cat line is a thin cable which is used with other equipment to move small parts of a rig or drill string.
- catiline — Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- caulonia — a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- chancily — In a chancy manner.
- chaplain — A chaplain is a member of the Christian clergy who does religious work in a place such as a hospital, school, prison, or in the armed forces.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.