8-letter words containing e, a, c
- cadaster — an official register showing details of ownership, boundaries, and value of real property in a district, made for taxation purposes
- cadastre — public record of the extent, value, and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation
- cadavers — Plural form of cadaver.
- caddised — trimmed with caddis
- cadenced — having or marked by a rhythmical cadence: the cadenced steps of marching troops.
- cadences — Plural form of cadence.
- cadenzas — Plural form of cadenza.
- cadherin — (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
- cadinene — (organic compound) Any of a group of isomeric sesquiterpenes found in juniper essential oil.
- cadreman — an officer or enlisted person in a military cadre.
- caducean — relating to a caduceus
- caduceus — a staff entwined with two serpents and bearing a pair of wings at the top, carried by Hermes (Mercury) as messenger of the gods
- caecally — with relation to the caecum
- caecitis — an inflammation of the caecum
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- caesarea — an ancient port in NW Israel, capital of Roman Palestine: founded by Herod the Great
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating
- caesurae — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesuras — Plural form of caesura.
- caesuric — caesural
- café bar — A café bar is a café where you can also buy alcoholic drinks.
- cafe car — a railroad car, part of which is used as a diner and part as a lounge, smoker, etc.
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- caffeine — Caffeine is a chemical substance found in coffee, tea, and cocoa, which affects your brain and body and makes you more active.
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- caftaned — wearing a caftan
- cagebird — A bird kept in a cage.
- cageless — Without a cage.
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- cake mix — Cake mix is a powder that you mix with eggs and water or milk to make a cake. You bake the mixture in the oven.
- cake pan — A cake pan is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- cakewalk — If you say that something is a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- 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.