8-letter words containing i, c, e, n
- chinfest — gabfest; bull session; rap session.
- chinless — having a receding chin
- chintzes — Plural form of chintz.
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- chretien — (Joseph Jacques) Jean. born 1934, Canadian Liberal politician; prime minister of Canada (1993–2003)
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide
- ciderkin — a weak type of cider
- ciminite — a rock containing large quantities of trachyte
- cinchers — Plural form of cincher.
- cincture — something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- cindered — Simple past tense and past participle of cinder.
- cineaste — an enthusiast for films
- cineplex — a large cinema complex
- cinerama — wide-screen presentation of films using either three separate 35mm projectors or one 70mm projector to produce an image on a large deeply curved screen
- cinerary — holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
- cinereal — relating to the grey matter of the brain and nervous system
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cisterns — Plural form of cistern.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- citizens — a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- citrines — Plural form of citrine.
- citterns — Plural form of cittern.
- clarinet — A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- clavecin — a harpsichord
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- 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.
- cleaving — Present participle of cleave.
- clefting — (medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
- clementi — Muzio [moo-tsyaw] /ˈmu tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1752–1832, Italian pianist and composer in England.
- clerking — Present participle of clerk.
- cliental — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- clinamen — a bias or inclination
- clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
- clincher — A clincher is a fact or argument that finally proves something, settles a dispute, or helps someone achieve a victory.
- clinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clinch.
- clingier — Comparative form of clingy.
- clinique — Archaic spelling of clinic.
- clinkers — Plural form of clinker.
- cliveden — a mansion in Buckinghamshire, on the N bank of the Thames near Maidenhead: formerly the home of Nancy Astor and the scene of gatherings of politicians and others (known as the Cliveden Set); now a hotel
- close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- close-in — near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city: The city is enveloping its close-in suburbs.
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- cocinera — (in Mexico) a female cook