8-letter words containing c, l, i, n, e
- chinless — having a receding chin
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- cineplex — a large cinema complex
- cinereal — relating to the grey matter of the brain and nervous system
- 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.
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- clavecin — a harpsichord
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- cleaning — the act of removing dirt or something undesirable
- clearing — A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
- 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.
- cleaving — Present participle of cleave.
- 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.
- clerking — Present participle of clerk.
- cliental — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clinamen — a bias or inclination
- clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
- clincher — A clincher is a fact or argument that finally proves something, settles a dispute, or helps someone achieve a victory.
- clinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clinch.
- clingier — Comparative form of clingy.
- clinique — Archaic spelling of clinic.
- clinkers — Plural form of clinker.
- cliveden — a mansion in Buckinghamshire, on the N bank of the Thames near Maidenhead: formerly the home of Nancy Astor and the scene of gatherings of politicians and others (known as the Cliveden Set); now a hotel
- close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- close-in — near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city: The city is enveloping its close-in suburbs.
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- cogenial — Alternative spelling of congenial.
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- colicine — an antibacterial protein
- colinear — collinear.
- colonies — the subject territories formerly in the British Empire
- colonise — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colonize — If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
- comeling — (obsolete) A comer; (person) an arrival.
- comingle — Alternative spelling of commingle.
- compline — the last of the seven canonical hours of the divine office
- contline — the space between the bilges of stowed casks
- coquelin — Beˈnoit Consˈtant (bəˈnwa kɔ̃̃ˈstɑ̃) ; bənwȧˈ kōnstänˈ) 1841-1909; Fr. actor
- cornelia — a feminine name
- cornicle — a wax-secreting organ on an aphid's abdomen that is shaped like a horn
- coteline — a kind of white muslin, either corded or ribbed, manufactured in France and designed for dress material
- cringles — Plural form of cringle.
- crinkled — marked with crenellations
- crinkles — Plural form of crinkle.
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- cutlines — Plural form of cutline.
- cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.