8-letter words containing c, l, i, t, e
- clefting — (medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
- clematis — A clematis is a type of flowering shrub which can be grown to climb up walls or fences. There are many different varieties of clematis.
- clementi — Muzio [moo-tsyaw] /ˈmu tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1752–1832, Italian pianist and composer in England.
- cleveite — a crystalline variety of the mineral uranitite
- cliental — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- climates — Plural form of climate.
- clitella — a ring or saddle-shaped region of glandular tissue in the body wall of certain annelids, as earthworms and some leeches, that after copulation secretes a cocoon in which the eggs and sperm are deposited for fertilization and development.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- coistrel — a knave
- colletid — (zoology) Any member of the Colletidae.
- contline — the space between the bilges of stowed casks
- costlier — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- coteline — a kind of white muslin, either corded or ribbed, manufactured in France and designed for dress material
- creolist — a student of creole languages
- crueltie — Obsolete spelling of cruelty.
- cryolite — a white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium in monoclinic crystalline form: used in the production of aluminium, glass, and enamel. Formula: Na3AlF6
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- cultlike — resembling a cult
- cut-pile — having a pile with yarns that are cut instead of looped: a cut-pile carpet.
- cuticles — Plural form of cuticle.
- cutlines — Plural form of cutline.
- del city — a city in central Oklahoma.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- denticle — a small tooth or toothlike part, such as any of the placoid scales of sharks
- derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- derilict — Misspelling of derelict.
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- directly — in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- eclectic — made up of what is selected from different sources.
- ecliptic — Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
- eclogite — a rock consisting of a granular aggregate of green pyroxene and red garnet, often containing kyanite, silvery mica, quartz, and pyrite.
- elastick — Obsolete form of elastic.
- elastics — Plural form of elastic.
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- electing — Present participle of elect.
- election — A formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
- elective — Related to or working by means of election.
- electric — Of, worked by, charged with, or producing electricity.
- elenctic — Serving to refute; refutative.
- elicited — Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
- elicitor — A person or thing that elicits.
- elliptic — Of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
- enclitic — A word pronounced with so little emphasis that it is shortened and forms part of the preceding word, e.g., n’t in can’t.
- eolithic — denoting, relating to, or characteristic of the early part of the Stone Age, characterized by the use of crude stone tools
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue