8-letter words containing c, l, i, t
- caliduct — a pipe or duct for conveying a heating medium, as hot air or steam.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- califont — a gas water heater
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- cantling — a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired.
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- capitula — Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- castalia — a spring on Mount Parnassus: in ancient Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses and believed to be a source of inspiration
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castilla — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- cat line — A cat line is a thin cable which is used with other equipment to move small parts of a rig or drill string.
- cat-lick — a quick wash
- cat-tail — any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- catholic — The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome.
- catiline — Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- cattails — Plural form of cattail.
- cd tilde — /C-D til-d*/ To go home. From the Unix C shell and Korn-shell command "cd ~", which takes one to one's "$HOME" directory. "cd" with no arguments does the same thing.
- celerity — rapidity; swiftness; speed
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- cellists — Plural form of cellist.
- celloist — (rare) synonym of cellist.
- centinel — Obsolete spelling of sentinel.
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chattily — In a chatty manner.
- chestily — in a self-important and arrogant manner
- chicklet — A small or young chick.
- chiliast — (Christianity) One who believes that Jesus will reign over Earth for a thousand years.
- chillest — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chitlins — chitterlings
- chlorite — any of a group of green soft secondary minerals consisting of the hydrated silicates of aluminium, iron, and magnesium in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks
- christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- ciliated — possessing or relating to cilia
- ciliates — Plural form of ciliate.
- cimolite — a soft, clayey mineral of white, grey, or reddish coloration