8-letter words containing e, t, c
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- capellet — a swelling on a horse's elbow, or on the heel of the hock, resembling a wen
- capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
- capitate — shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captaine — Obsolete spelling of captain.
- captived — Simple past tense and past participle of captive.
- captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- capturer — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- car seat — a seat in an automobile; specif., a portable seat that fastens onto a car's built-in seat and is used for securing a small child
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- carcanet — a jewelled collar or necklace
- caretake — to work as a caretaker
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- caritive — (in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- 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
- carpeted — Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- carteret — John, 1st Earl Granville. 1690–1763, British statesman, diplomat, and orator who led the opposition to Walpole (1730–42), after whose fall he became a leading minister as secretary of state (1742–44)
- 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
- carucate — the area of land an oxen team could plough in a year
- carveout — A small company created from a larger one.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- caseated — Simple past tense and past participle of caseate.
- casemate — an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.
- cassette — A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- castered — a person or thing that casts.
- castrate — To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles.
- castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
- cat cafe — a business establishment that has numerous cats available for customers to play with, and usually offers food and drinks.
- cat flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- 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.
- cat-eyed — having eyes resembling those of a cat.
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catalyze — If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catamite — a boy kept for sexual purposes