8-letter words containing i, n, a, c
- charmian — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- charming — If you say that something is charming, you mean that it is very pleasant or attractive.
- charonic — Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- charring — Present participle of char.
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chasings — a design chased on metal.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chatting — Present participle of chat.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chianina — one of a large breed of beef cattle, originally of Italy, used also as a draft animal.
- chiantis — Plural form of chianti.
- chibchan — a family of Indian languages found in Colombia and elsewhere in South America
- chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
- chicanes — Plural form of chicane.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chimango — Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
- 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
- chin-wag — to engage in informal or idle conversation; chat or gossip
- chinaman — a native or inhabitant of China
- chinampa — an artificially created island used for growing crops in Mexican or in Mesoamerican agriculture
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinghai — Qinghai
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- chip pan — a deep pan for frying potato chips, etc
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- choanoid — (anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals.
- choirman — a man who is a singer in a choir
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- cibation — the act of feeding
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cilician — of or relating to Cilicia or its inhabitants
- cimarron — river flowing from NE N.Mex. eastward to the Arkansas River, near Tulsa, Okla.: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- cinchona — any tree or shrub of the South American rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, having medicinal bark
- cineaste — an enthusiast for films
- 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
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- cinnabar — a bright red or brownish-red mineral form of mercuric sulphide (mercury(II) sulphide), found close to areas of volcanic activity and hot springs. It is the main commercial source of mercury. Formula: HgS. Crystal structure: hexagonal
- cinnamic — of or derived from cinnamon
- cinnamon — Cinnamon is a sweet spice used for flavouring food.