8-letter words containing c, i, n, t
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chitting — Present participle of chit.
- chretien — (Joseph Jacques) Jean. born 1934, Canadian Liberal politician; prime minister of Canada (1993–2003)
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- chthonic — chthonian
- cibation — the act of feeding
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- ciminite — a rock containing large quantities of trachyte
- cincture — something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- cineaste — an enthusiast for films
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cisterns — Plural form of cistern.
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- citizens — a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- citrines — Plural form of citrine.
- citrinin — an antibiotic derived from the fungus Penicillium citrinum
- citterns — Plural form of cittern.
- claimant — A claimant is someone who is receiving money from the state because they are unemployed or they are unable to work because they are ill.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clarinet — A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
- clarting — Present participle of clart.
- clathrin — a basketlike network of protein molecules that forms on the cell membrane in response to the attachment of ligands to receptors and becomes the inside surface of the coated vesicle during endocytosis.
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- cleating — a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support: He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.
- clefting — (medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
- clementi — Muzio [moo-tsyaw] /ˈmu tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1752–1832, Italian pianist and composer in England.
- cliental — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clitting — Present participle of clit.
- clothing — Clothing is the things that people wear.
- clotting — Present participle of clot.
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- cognatic — related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
- cognovit — a defendant's confession that the case against him or her is just
- cohenite — a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.
- coinfect — to infect (a person or animal) at the same time as another infection
- coinmate — a fellow inmate
- coinvent — to invent jointly
- colatina — a city in SE Brazil.
- colation — The act of straining or filtering; filtration.
- colistin — a polymyxin antibiotic
- colonist — Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony.
- comprint — to print jointly