8-letter words containing c, i, l, e
- canaille — the masses; mob; rabble
- canalise — (British spelling) To convert a river or other waterway into a canal.
- canalize — to provide with or convert into a canal or canals
- cancelli — strips that form a latticework
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- capeline — a cap-shaped bandage for covering either the head or an amputation stump
- capelins — Plural form of capelin.
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- car line — trolley line.
- 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
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carlisle — a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001)
- 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
- carriole — cariole
- cat line — A cat line is a thin cable which is used with other equipment to move small parts of a rig or drill string.
- catiline — Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- caudicle — the stalk to which an orchid's pollen masses are attached
- caulicle — a small stalk or stem
- 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.
- cavelike — similar to or resembling a cave
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- 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.
- cd tilde — /C-D til-d*/ To go home. From the Unix C shell and Korn-shell command "cd ~", which takes one to one's "$HOME" directory. "cd" with no arguments does the same thing.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- ceilidhs — Plural form of ceilidh.
- ceilings — Plural form of ceiling.
- celeriac — a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, with a large turnip-like root, used as a vegetable
- celerity — rapidity; swiftness; speed
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- cellfish — using a mobile phone in a way that disregards the wishes of other people
- cellists — Plural form of cellist.
- celloist — (rare) synonym of cellist.
- centinel — Obsolete spelling of sentinel.
- cephalic — of or relating to the head
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- cerulein — a bright blue dyestuff obtained from indigo
- cervical — Cervical means relating to the cervix.
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- chalices — Plural form of chalice.
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- cheekily — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.