8-letter words containing e, n, c
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carnegie — Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts
- carneous — fleshy
- carnifex — an executioner
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car
- caruncle — a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- 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.
- catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
- catenane — a type of chemical compound in which the molecules have two or more rings that are interlocked like the links of a chain
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- catenate — to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- caterina — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- cathleen — a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- catiline — Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
- cave man — a prehistoric human being of the Stone Age who lived in caves
- caverned — (poetic) Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- cawnpore — former name of Kanpur.
- cayenned — sprinkled or seasoned with cayenne
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- ceilings — Plural form of ceiling.
- ceinture — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- cemented — any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- cementer — A person who applies cement.
- cementum — a thin bonelike tissue that covers the dentine in the root of a tooth
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- cenozoic — of, denoting, or relating to the most recent geological era, which began 65 000 000 years ago: characterized by the development and increase of the mammals
- censored — Having had objectionable content removed.
- censured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censurer — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of censure.
- censused — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- censuses — Plural form of census.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- centeral — Misspelling of central.
- centered — If an industry or event is centered in a place, it takes place to the greatest extent there.
- centeric — Misspelling of centric.