8-letter words containing i, c, e, n
- centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
- centimes — Plural form of centime.
- centimos — Plural form of centimo.
- centinel — Obsolete spelling of sentinel.
- centiped — Archaic form of centipede.
- centoist — a person who composes centos
- centries — Plural form of centry.
- centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
- centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- centrist — Centrist policies and parties are moderate rather than extreme.
- centroid — the centre of mass of an object of uniform density, esp of a geometric figure
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- certeine — Archaic spelling of certain.
- cerulein — a bright blue dyestuff obtained from indigo
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cessions — Plural form of cession.
- chainage — a length as measured by a surveyor's chain or tape.
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- charline — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- check in — When you check in or check into a hotel or clinic, or if someone checks you in, you arrive and go through the necessary procedures before you stay there.
- check-in — the act or fact of checking in.
- 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
- chemnitz — a city in E Germany, in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge: textiles, engineering. Pop: 249 922 (2003 est)
- cheniere — a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- chenille — Chenille is cloth or clothing made from a type of thick furry thread.
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- chicanes — Plural form of chicane.
- chickens — Plural form of chicken.
- chicness — the condition of being stylish or elegant
- childern — Eye dialect of children.
- children — Children is the plural of child.
- chime in — If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
- chimenea — An earthenware outdoor fireplace shaped like a light bulb, with the bulbous end housing the fire and typically supported by a wrought-iron stand.
- chiminea — a free-standing outdoor fireplace with a rounded body
- chimkent — city in SC Kazakhstan, north of Tashkent: pop. 439,000
- chimneys — Plural form of chimney.
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin