8-letter words containing o, c, e, l
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- calexico — a town in S California.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- 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
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.
- cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
- cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- camomile — Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.
- candolle — Augustin Pyrame de. 1778–1841, Swiss botanist; his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1813) introduced a new system of plant classification
- cannelon — a dish consisting of a roll of puff pastry stuffed with minced meat or a sweet filling
- canoodle — If two people are canoodling, they are kissing and holding each other a lot.
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- caracole — a half turn to the right or left
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- 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.
- carriole — cariole
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- catolyte — the part of the electrolyte that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell
- cavalero — a gentleman or cavalier
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- celloist — (rare) synonym of cellist.
- cephalo- — indicating the head
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- cesspool — A cesspool is the same as a cesspit.
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- chlorite — any of a group of green soft secondary minerals consisting of the hydrated silicates of aluminium, iron, and magnesium in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks
- choicely — With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
- choiseul — an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- choleric — A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.