8-letter words containing t, a, c
- 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
- cambiata — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camp out — If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campmate — Someone who is or has been in the same camp as another person; one's fellow camper.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- camshaft — A camshaft is a rod in an engine and works to change circular motion into motion up and down or from side to side.
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canastas — Plural form of canasta.
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- cane rat — a tropical African cavy-like hystricomorph rodent, Thryonomys swinderianus, that lives in swampy regions: family Thryonomyidae
- canidate — Eye dialect of candidate.
- caninity — the quality or state of being canine
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canities — greyness or whiteness of hair
- cannoted — a form of ·can not.
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canstick — a candlestick
- cant dog — cant hook
- cantatas — Plural form of cantata.
- canteens — Plural form of canteen.
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- canticum — a canticle
- cantigny — a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
- cantinas — Plural form of cantina.
- cantling — a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired.
- cantonal — Of, pertaining to, or divided into cantons.
- cantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of canton.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- cantuar. — Cantuariensis
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
- capellet — a swelling on a horse's elbow, or on the heel of the hock, resembling a wen
- capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
- capitano — a captain or chief