8-letter words containing l, a, c, t
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts
- cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- cantling — a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired.
- cantonal — Of, pertaining to, or divided into cantons.
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- capellet — a swelling on a horse's elbow, or on the heel of the hock, resembling a wen
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- capitula — Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlotta — a feminine name
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- cartland — Dame Barbara (Hamilton). 1901–2000, British novelist, noted for her prolific output of popular romantic fiction
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- castalia — a spring on Mount Parnassus: in ancient Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses and believed to be a source of inspiration
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castilla — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- cat flap — opening in door for cat
- 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.
- cat yawl — a yawl having the mainmast close to the stem and the after mast on the counter.
- cat-lick — a quick wash
- cat-tail — any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- catalogs — Plural form of catalog.
- catalpas — Plural form of catalpa.
- catalufa — any of several bigeyes, as Pristigenys serrula (popeye catalufa) found in the Pacific Ocean.
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
- catalyze — If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catapult — A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
- catcalls — Plural form of catcall.
- catchall — A catchall is a term or category which includes many different things.
- catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped