8-letter words containing e, c, b, a
- camboose — a cabin built as living quarters for a gang of lumbermen
- cambyses — died ?522 bc, king of Persia (529–?522 bc), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great
- camp bed — A camp bed is a small bed that you can fold up.
- campbell — Sir Colin, Baron Clyde. 1792–1863, British field marshal who relieved Lucknow for the second time (1857) and commanded in Oudh, suppressing the Indian Mutiny
- canberra — the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 345 257 (2008)
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carborne — travelling by car
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- caribees — See under Antilles.
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- cascabel — a knoblike protrusion on the rear part of the breech of an obsolete muzzle-loading cannon
- case bay — (in a roof or floor) the section between two principals.
- casebook — A casebook is a written record of the cases dealt with by someone such as a doctor, social worker, or police officer.
- cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- causable — that can be caused
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- cerebral — If you describe someone or something as cerebral, you mean that they are intellectual rather than emotional.
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chambers — a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chewable — Chewable describes drugs that are best or most easily absorbed by chewing.
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
- clambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamber.
- claribel — a female given name.
- closable — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- clubable — Alternative form of clubbable.
- clubface — the face of a golf club
- clubhead — the head of a golf club
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- comeback — If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
- cookable — That can be cooked; suitable for cooking.
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- copyable — able to be copied