8-letter words containing c, l, u
- chuckler — Someone who chuckles.
- chuckles — Plural form of chuckle.
- chugalug — (transitive, intransitive) To swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing.
- chughole — chuckhole.
- chummily — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- churchly — appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
- churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- cingulum — a girdle-like part, such as the ridge round the base of a tooth or the band of fibres connecting parts of the cerebrum
- circular — Something that is circular is shaped like a circle.
- circulet — Obsolete form of circlet.
- circulus — any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.
- ciseleur — a person who is expert in ciselure
- ciselure — the art or process of chasing metal
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- claqueur — a member of a claque
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- claudius — full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc–54 ad, Roman emperor (41–54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
- clausing — (shipping) present participle of clause.
- clausius — Rudolf Julius (ˈruːdɔlf ˈjuːliʊs). 1822–88, German physicist and mathematician. He enunciated the second law of thermodynamics (1850) and developed the kinetic theory of gases
- claustra — barrier.
- clausula — a type of musical cadence
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- clean-up — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
- clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- clearcut — Alternative spelling of clear cut.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
- clinique — Archaic spelling of clinic.
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clock up — If you clock up a large number or total of things, you reach that number or total.
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- closeout — A closeout at a store is a sale at which goods are sold at reduced prices.
- closeups — Plural form of closeup.
- closures — Plural form of closure.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.