8-letter words containing e, y, l
- chimbley — (UK, dialect) A chimney.
- choicely — With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
- chrysler — Walter Percy, 1875–1940, U.S. automobile manufacturer.
- clackety — A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- claylike — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- clayware — pottery
- clearway — a stretch of road on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- clemency — If someone is granted clemency, they are punished less severely than they could be.
- cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
- cleverly — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- close-by — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- clovelly — a village in SW England, in Devon on the Bristol Channel: famous for its steep cobbled streets: tourism, fishing. Pop: 472 (2001)
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- cloyless — not cloying
- cloyment — satiety
- cloysome — having a cloying nature
- clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
- cluttery — full of clutter
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- clysters — Plural form of clyster.
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- cobblery — the occupation of shoemaking or shoemending
- coemploy — to employ together
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- colliery — A colliery is a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment which are connected with it.
- comelily — in a comely manner
- condyles — Plural form of condyle.
- connelly — Marc(us Cook) 1890–1980, U.S. dramatist.
- convexly — having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Compare concave (def 1).
- conveyal — the act or means of conveying
- copyable — able to be copied
- copyleft — a form of licensing that imposes fewer restrictions on the use of a work than copyright
- coverley — Sir Roger de, a literary figure representing the ideal of the early 18th-century squire in The Spectator, by Addison and Steele.
- covertly — concealed; secret; disguised.
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- creakily — creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- credibly — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- creepily — having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.
- cresylic — of, concerned with, or containing creosote or cresol
- crousely — in a crouse manner
- cryolite — a white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium in monoclinic crystalline form: used in the production of aluminium, glass, and enamel. Formula: Na3AlF6
- curlycue — an ornamental, fancy curl or twist, as in a signature.
- cursedly — In a cursed manner; miserably.
- cyclable — fit or designed for bicycle riding: a cyclable road.
- cyclades — a group of over 200 islands in the S Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece. Capital: Hermoupolis (Ermoupoli, on Syros). Pop: 112 615 (2001). Area: 2572 sq km (993 sq miles)
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.