8-letter words containing e, c, g
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- canoeing — Canoeing is the sport of using and racing a canoe.
- capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- carageen — carrageen
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carriage — A carriage is an old-fashioned vehicle, usually for a small number of passengers, which is pulled by horses.
- carthage — an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 ad
- carucage — the tax due on a carucate
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- cattegat — Kattegat
- ceilings — Plural form of ceiling.
- centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
- cerclage — the treatment of an incompetent cervix by means of a suture in early pregnancy to prevent miscarriage
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chainage — a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
- changers — Plural form of changer.
- changeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'change'.
- changeup — Alternative form of change-up.
- changteh — Changde
- chantage — the use of threats to extort money; blackmail
- chargers — Plural form of charger.
- chargeth — Archaic third-person singular form of charge.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory
- cheeking — Present participle of cheek.
- cheeping — Present participle of cheep.
- cheering — encouraging shouts from supporters, admirers etc
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- chengteh — Chengde
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- chigetai — a variety of the Asiatic wild ass, Equus hemionus, of Mongolia
- chiggers — Plural form of chigger.
- chigwell — a town in S England, in W Essex. Pop: 10 128 (2001)
- chippage — the fact or an instance of chipping: The pottery could not be insured against chippage.
- choregic — relating to a choregus
- choregus — the producer or financier of a dramatist's works in Ancient Greece
- chughole — chuckhole.
- chummage — (formerly) a fee paid by a prisoner for sole occupancy of a cell
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- clangers — Plural form of clanger.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- cleaning — the act of removing dirt or something undesirable
- clearing — A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
- cleating — a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support: He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.
- cleavage — A woman's cleavage is the space between her breasts, especially the top part which you see if she is wearing a dress with a low neck.
- cleaving — Present participle of cleave.
- clefting — (medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.