8-letter words containing m, c, s
- chessman — any of the eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in a game of chess
- chessmen — any piece used in the game of chess.
- chiasmas — Plural form of chiasma.
- chiasmic — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chiasmus — reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
- chiliasm — belief in the coming of the millennium
- chillums — Plural form of chillum.
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chimeres — Plural form of chimere.
- chimneys — Plural form of chimney.
- chisholm — Shirley (Anita St. Hill) 1924–2005, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1969–83; first black woman elected to the House of Representatives.
- chloasma — the appearance on a person's skin, esp of the face, of patches of darker colour: associated with hormonal changes caused by liver disease or the use of oral contraceptives
- chompers — (informal) teeth.
- chosisme — a writing style in which plot and characterization are de-emphasized and people, events, and setting are recorded as though seen by the author through the lens of a camera.
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chrisoms — Plural form of chrisom.
- chromism — Chromatism.
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- chumship — friendship
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- cis male — a person who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citicism — The manners of a cit or citizen.
- civicism — the principle of civil government
- clambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamber.
- clammers — Plural form of clammer.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clampers — Plural form of clamper.
- clansman — Clansmen are people who are members of the same clan.
- clansmen — Irregular plural form of clansman.
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- classman — a graduate of Oxford University with a classed honours degree
- classmen — Plural form of classman.
- clematis — A clematis is a type of flowering shrub which can be grown to climb up walls or fences. There are many different varieties of clematis.
- climates — Plural form of climate.
- climaxes — Plural form of climax.
- climbers — Plural form of climber.
- cloysome — having a cloying nature
- clubbism — the system of club membership
- clubmoss — Alternative spelling of club moss.
- clumpish — clumpy
- clumsier — Comparative form of clumsy.
- clumsily — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coassume — to assume jointly
- cocksman — A man who is sexually talented.
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- colombes — an industrial and residential suburb of NW Paris. Pop: 83 220 (2006)