8-letter words containing i, n, c, a
- barbican — a walled outwork or tower to protect a gate or drawbridge of a fortification
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blaxican — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person of mixed-race heritage who self-identifies racially and culturally as both African American and Mexican-American.
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- brainiac — a highly intelligent person
- branchia — a gill in aquatic animals
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- bucovina — Bukovina
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- c (ansi) — ANSI C
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- c++linda — (language)
- caatinga — a Brazilian semi-arid scrub forest
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cabining — Present participle of cabin.
- cacation — (archaic) excretion.
- cackling — Present participle of cackle.
- caddying — Present participle of caddy.
- cadherin — (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
- cadinene — (organic compound) Any of a group of isomeric sesquiterpenes found in juniper essential oil.
- caffeine — Caffeine is a chemical substance found in coffee, tea, and cocoa, which affects your brain and body and makes you more active.
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- caingang — a member of an Indian people of southern Brazil.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- caissons — Plural form of caisson.
- cajoling — Present participle of cajole.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calamint — any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- calcanei — Plural form of calcaneus.
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calciner — a person or thing that calcines.
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.