8-letter words containing l, a, c, e
- carolers — Plural form of caroler.
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- caroller — A person who sings carols; a carol singer.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carrells — Plural form of carrell.
- carriole — cariole
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- caruncle — a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
- cascabel — a knoblike protrusion on the rear part of the breech of an obsolete muzzle-loading cannon
- case law — Case law is law that has been established by following decisions made by judges in earlier cases.
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
- cashless — Cashless payments are made using cards or electronic methods rather than physical money.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- cat flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- cat line — A cat line is a thin cable which is used with other equipment to move small parts of a rig or drill string.
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catalyze — If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- cathleen — a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- catiline — Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
- catolyte — the part of the electrolyte that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell
- catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- cattleya — any tropical American orchid of the genus Cattleya, cultivated for their purplish-pink or white showy flowers
- caudicle — the stalk to which an orchid's pollen masses are attached
- caulicle — a small stalk or stem
- causable — that can be caused
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- cavalier — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- cavelike — similar to or resembling a cave
- cavilled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- cedillas — Plural form of cedilla.
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- celature — the art of embossing metal.
- celeriac — a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, with a large turnip-like root, used as a vegetable
- celestas — Plural form of celesta.
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- cell sap — the watery fluid within the central vacuole of a plant cell.
- cellared — Simple past tense and past participle of cellar.
- cellarer — a monastic official responsible for food, drink, etc
- cellaret — a case, cabinet, or sideboard with compartments for holding wine bottles
- cellmate — In a prison, someone's cellmate is the person they share their cell with.
- cellular — Cellular means relating to the cells of animals or plants.
- centeral — Misspelling of central.
- centrale — (anatomy) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
- cephalad — towards the head or anterior part