8-letter words containing a, n, e, c
- capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- caponize — to make (a cock) into a capon
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captaine — Obsolete spelling of captain.
- car line — trolley line.
- carageen — carrageen
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carborne — travelling by car
- carcanet — a jewelled collar or necklace
- cardenal — Ernesto (ˈɜːnɛstaʊ). born 1925, Nicaraguan poet, revolutionary, and Roman Catholic priest; an influential figure in the Sandinista movement
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- careened — Simple past tense and past participle of careen.
- 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
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carneous — fleshy
- carnifex — an executioner
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- 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
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car
- caruncle — a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- 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.
- catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
- catenane — a type of chemical compound in which the molecules have two or more rings that are interlocked like the links of a chain
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- catenate — to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- caterina — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- cathleen — a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- catiline — Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
- cave man — a prehistoric human being of the Stone Age who lived in caves
- caverned — (poetic) Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cayenned — sprinkled or seasoned with cayenne
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.