8-letter words containing i, n, c
- chumping — the act of collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- chunking — the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- churning — Churning water is moving about violently.
- churring — to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cibation — the act of feeding
- cicerone — a person who conducts and informs sightseers; a tour guide
- cicinnus — a scorpioid cyme
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- ciderkin — a weak type of cider
- 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)
- ciminite — a rock containing large quantities of trachyte
- cinchers — Plural form of cincher.
- cinching — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- cinchona — any tree or shrub of the South American rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, having medicinal bark
- 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
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- cingulum — a girdle-like part, such as the ridge round the base of a tooth or the band of fibres connecting parts of the cerebrum
- 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.
- cinnamyl — a univalent radical of cinnamic compounds
- cinquain — a stanza of five lines
- cioppino — an Italian rich fish stew
- circinus — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Centaurus and the Southern Cross
- circling — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cisterns — Plural form of cistern.
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- 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.
- citrinin — an antibiotic derived from the fungus Penicillium citrinum
- citterns — Plural form of cittern.
- civilian — In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces.
- clacking — Present participle of clack.