8-letter words containing c, a, r, l, i
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- callgirl — Alternative spelling of call girl.
- calliper — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- calvaria — the top part of the skull of vertebrates
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- caprylic — of or relating to an animal odor: the caprylic odor of a barn.
- car line — trolley line.
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- 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.
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carlisle — a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001)
- 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.
- carol ii — 1893–1953, king of Romania (1930–40), who was deposed by the Iron Guard
- 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.
- carpalia — any of the bones of the wrist.
- carriole — cariole
- cavalier — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- celeriac — a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, with a large turnip-like root, used as a vegetable
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- chimeral — Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses).
- chirally — In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cinereal — relating to the grey matter of the brain and nervous system
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- circular — Something that is circular is shaped like a circle.
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- claribel — a female given name.
- clarinda — a female given name, form of Clara.