8-letter words containing c, a, l, e, o
- cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
- cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- camomile — Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.
- candolle — Augustin Pyrame de. 1778–1841, Swiss botanist; his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1813) introduced a new system of plant classification
- cannelon — a dish consisting of a roll of puff pastry stuffed with minced meat or a sweet filling
- canoodle — If two people are canoodling, they are kissing and holding each other a lot.
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- caracole — a half turn to the right or left
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- carolers — Plural form of caroler.
- 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
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- caroller — A person who sings carols; a carol singer.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carriole — cariole
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- catolyte — the part of the electrolyte that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- cephalo- — indicating the head
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chorales — Plural form of chorale.
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamorer — Alternative spelling of clamourer.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clear of — If something or someone is a certain amount clear of a competitor, they are that amount ahead of them in a competition or race.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- closable — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- coalesce — If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
- coalface — In a coal mine, the coalface is the part where the coal is being cut out of the rock.
- coalhole — a small coal cellar
- coalless — without coal
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coatless — without a coat or coat of arms
- cochleae — Plural form of cochlea.