8-letter words containing c, i, n
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bulfinch — Charles1763-1844; U.S. architect
- bunchily — in a bunchy manner
- bunching — a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- c (ansi) — ANSI C
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- c++linda — (language)
- c-interp — An interpreter for a small subset of C, originally part of a communications package.
- c-refine — A preprocessor for C and languages with similar syntax by Lutz Prechelt <[email protected]>. C-Refine allows symbolic naming of code fragments so as to redistribute complexity and provide running commentary. Version 3.0 is available from comp.sources.reviewed archives. It is highly portable and has been ported to Unix, MS-DOS, Atari, Amiga.
- caatinga — a Brazilian semi-arid scrub forest
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cabining — Present participle of cabin.
- cacation — (archaic) excretion.
- cackling — Present participle of cackle.
- caddying — Present participle of caddy.
- cadherin — (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
- cadinene — (organic compound) Any of a group of isomeric sesquiterpenes found in juniper essential oil.
- caffeine — Caffeine is a chemical substance found in coffee, tea, and cocoa, which affects your brain and body and makes you more active.
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- caingang — a member of an Indian people of southern Brazil.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- caissons — Plural form of caisson.
- cajoling — Present participle of cajole.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calamint — any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- calcanei — Plural form of calcaneus.
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calciner — a person or thing that calcines.
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- califont — a gas water heater
- callings — Plural form of calling.
- calycine — relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
- cambrian — of, denoting, or formed in the first 65 million years of the Palaeozoic era, during which marine invertebrates, esp trilobites, flourished
- camelina — The plant Camelina sativa, sometimes cultivated for oilseed.
- cameline — a material made from camel hair
- campaign — A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
- campania — a region of SW Italy: includes the islands of Capri and Ischia. Chief town: Naples. Pop: 5 725 098 (2003 est). Area: 13 595 sq km (5248 sq miles)
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- campinas — a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)
- campions — Plural form of campion.
- canadian — Canadian means belonging or relating to Canada, or to its people or culture.
- canaigre — a dock, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the southern US, the root of which yields a substance used in tanning
- 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
- canaries — Plural form of canary.