8-letter words containing c, l, e, a
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- cakewalk — If you say that something is a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
- calanthe — any of various orchids of the genus Calanthe of the family Orchidaceae, found in tropical areas and having long-lasting yellow, white, or pink flowers
- calathea — any plant of the S. American perennial genus Calathea, many species of which are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative variegated leaves, esp the zebra plant (C. zebrina), the leaves of which are purplish below and dark green with lighter stripes above: family Marantaceae
- calcanei — Plural form of calcaneus.
- calceate — to shoe
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calciner — a person or thing that calcines.
- calcrete — A sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate, capable of cementing together with other materials.
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- caldwell — Erskine (ˈɜːskɪn). 1903–87, US novelist whose works include Tobacco Road (1933)
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- 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
- calexico — a town in S California.
- calfless — (of a cow) having no calves
- calflike — resembling a calf
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- caliceal — (botany) Relating to a calyx.
- caliches — Plural form of caliche.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- callable — (of a security) subject to redemption before maturity
- calliope — a steam organ
- calliper — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- 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.
- calluses — 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.
- callware — (company) The developers of Phonetastic.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- calyceal — calycine
- calycine — relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
- calycule — an epicalyx
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- calzaghe — Joe. born 1972, Welsh boxer: won all 46 of his professional fights (1993–2008); world champion in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.