8-letter words containing c, i, b, e
- cicisbeo — the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- claribel — a female given name.
- climbers — Plural form of climber.
- combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
- combiner — Any of various electronic devices that combine signals, in particular.
- combines — Plural form of combine.
- comblike — resembling a comb
- combwise — in the manner of a comb
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- corbeils — Plural form of corbeil.
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
- credible — Credible means able to be trusted or believed.
- credibly — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- cribbage — a game of cards for two to four, in which players try to win a set number of points before their opponents
- cribbers — Plural form of cribber.
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
- cubicles — A small partitioned-off area of a room, for example one containing a bed in a dwelling or one containing a desk in an office.
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- decibels — a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- die back — If a plant dies back, its leaves die but its roots remain alive.
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- educible — Able to be elicited or evoked.
- febrific — producing or marked by fever.
- fencible — Capable of being defended.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- forcible — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- giveback — (in union negotiations) a reduction in employee wages or benefits conceded by a union in exchange for other benefits or in recognition of depressed economic conditions: Givebacks have not slowed the number of shutdowns.
- glib ice — ice that is particularly smooth and slippery
- ice beer — beer brewed at subfreezing temperatures.
- ice blue — a very pale blue color.
- ice cube — a small cube of ice, as one made in a special tray in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator or by an ice-making machine.
- ice-blue — Ice-blue is a very pale blue colour.
- icebergs — Plural form of iceberg.
- iceblink — a yellowish luminosity near the horizon or on the underside of a cloud, caused by the reflection of light from sea ice.
- iceblock — An ice block, a block of ice.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- iceboxes — Plural form of icebox.
- icy blue — of a very pale blue colour
- imbecile — Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt: Don't stand there like an imbecile. Open the door!.
- incomber — Archaic form of encumber.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- incumber — encumber.