8-letter words containing c, a, n, t, i
- minacity — menacing; threatening.
- mixtecan — a branch of a family of American Indian languages spoken in central Mexico
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- nautical — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- nearctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- nicotian — the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; tobacco itself
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- occation — Misspelling of occasion.
- oceanite — A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
- octanoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to octanoic acid or its derivatives.
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- optician — a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- pacation — the act of making peace
- panoptic — permitting the viewing of all parts or elements: a panoptic stain used in microscopy; a panoptic aerial photograph of an enemy missile base.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- patience — a female given name.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- pitcairn — British island in Polynesia, in the South Pacific: 1.8 sq mi (4.6 sq km); pop. 54
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- platinic — of or containing platinum, especially in the tetravalent state.
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- radicant — rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctity — holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- sanscrit — Sanskrit
- santalic — of sandalwood
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- scanties — women's underwear
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.