8-letter words containing c, l, a, d
- calendal — relating to the calends
- calendar — A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months, weeks, and days.
- calender — a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calidity — warmth
- caliduct — a pipe or duct for conveying a heating medium, as hot air or steam.
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calvados — a department of N France in the Basse-Normandie region. Capital: Caen. Pop: 659 893 (2003 est). Area: 5693 sq km (2198 sq miles)
- calycoid — resembling a calyx
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- canceled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- candelas — Plural form of candela.
- candidal — relating to candida
- candidly — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candling — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- candolle — Augustin Pyrame de. 1778–1841, Swiss botanist; his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1813) introduced a new system of plant classification
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- canoodle — If two people are canoodling, they are kissing and holding each other a lot.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- capsuled — Enclosed within a capsule.
- car-load — the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- cardenal — Ernesto (ˈɜːnɛstaʊ). born 1925, Nicaraguan poet, revolutionary, and Roman Catholic priest; an influential figure in the Sandinista movement
- cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carlsbad — a town in S California.
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- cartland — Dame Barbara (Hamilton). 1901–2000, British novelist, noted for her prolific output of popular romantic fiction
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- cathodal — (biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode.
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- caudally — Anatomy, Zoology. of, at, or near the tail or the posterior end of the body.
- caudicle — the stalk to which an orchid's pollen masses are attached
- caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- cellared — Simple past tense and past participle of cellar.
- cephalad — towards the head or anterior part
- chadless — (of a keypunch) not producing chads
- chadlock — Alternative form of charlock.
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- chaldaic — an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean
- chaldean — a member of an ancient Semitic people who controlled S Babylonia from the late 8th to the late 7th century bc
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- chandler — a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise