4-letter words containing c, e
- ceil — to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc
- cela — Camilo José (kaˈmilo xoˈse). 1916–2002, Spanish novelist and essayist. His works include The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942), La Colmena (1951), and La Cruz de San Andrés (1994). Nobel prize for literature 1989
- cell — A cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.
- celp — (language) Computationally Extended Logic Programming.
- cels — Plural form of cel.
- celt — If you describe someone as a Celt, you mean that they are part of the racial group which comes from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and some other areas such as Brittany.
- cene — (genetics) A control gene.
- ceng — chartered engineer
- cens — a type of annual property ground rent
- cent — A cent is a small unit of money worth one hundredth of some currencies, for example the dollar and the euro.
- cepe — a large, fleshy, edible boletus mushroom (Boletus edulis) with a brown cap and a thick, white stem
- ceps — Plural form of cep.
- cept — Comite Europeen des Postes et Telecommunications
- cer- — cero-
- cera — (in prescriptions) wax.
- cere — a soft waxy swelling, containing the nostrils, at the base of the upper beak in such birds as the parrot
- cerf — Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- cern — Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire; an organization of European states with a centre in Geneva for research in high-energy particle physics, now called the European Laboratory for Particle Physics
- cero — a large spiny-finned food fish, Scomberomorus regalis, of warm American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)
- cert — If you say that someone or something is a cert, you mean that you are certain they will succeed.
- cesp — Common ESP
- cess — (formerly) any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland
- cest — (obsolete) A woman's girdle; a cestus.
- ceta — Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
- cete — a group of badgers
- cewa — Chewa.
- ceyx — a king of Trachis in Thessaly and the husband of Alcyone. He died in a shipwreck and his wife drowned herself in grief
- cheb — a town in the W Czech Republic, in W Bohemia on the Ohře River: 12th-century castle where Wallenstein was murdered (1634); a centre of the Sudeten-German movement after World War I. Pop: 34 036 (2007 est)
- chef — A chef is a cook in a restaurant or hotel.
- chek — Altname Hong Kong foot.
- chem — (slang, college) abbreviation of chemistry; commonly capitalized, short for the subject or the department.
- chen — Peter Chen
- cher — a department of central France, in E Centre region. Capital: Bourges. Pop: 312 277 (2003 est). Area: 7304 sq km (2849 sq miles)
- chet — a male given name, form of Chester.
- chew — When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
- chex — Often, checks. the game of checkers.
- chez — at the home of
- ciel — (language) An object-oriented Prolog-like language.
- cien — Obsolete spelling of scion.
- cife — Colleges and Institutes for Further Education
- cine — Cine is used to refer to things that are used in or connected with the making or showing of films.
- cire — (of fabric) treated with a heat or wax process to make it smooth
- cite — If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying.
- cize — (obsolete) bulk; largeness; size.
- clea — a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clef — A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of the written notes.
- cleg — another name for a horsefly, esp one of the genus Haematopota
- clem — to be hungry or cause to be hungry
- cleo — Clear Language for Expressing Orders
- clep — College-Level Examination Program