8-letter words containing t, c, e, l
- calathea — any plant of the S. American perennial genus Calathea, many species of which are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative variegated leaves, esp the zebra plant (C. zebrina), the leaves of which are purplish below and dark green with lighter stripes above: family Marantaceae
- calceate — to shoe
- calcrete — A sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate, capable of cementing together with other materials.
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- 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
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- 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
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- capellet — a swelling on a horse's elbow, or on the heel of the hock, resembling a wen
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- 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
- cd tilde — /C-D til-d*/ To go home. From the Unix C shell and Korn-shell command "cd ~", which takes one to one's "$HOME" directory. "cd" with no arguments does the same thing.
- celature — the art of embossing metal.
- celerity — rapidity; swiftness; speed
- celestas — Plural form of celesta.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- cellaret — a case, cabinet, or sideboard with compartments for holding wine bottles
- cellists — Plural form of cellist.
- cellmate — In a prison, someone's cellmate is the person they share their cell with.
- celloist — (rare) synonym of cellist.
- centeral — Misspelling of central.
- centinel — Obsolete spelling of sentinel.
- 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.
- centuple — a hundred times as much or as many; hundredfold
- cervelat — a smoked sausage made from pork and beef
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chainlet — a small chain of hotels, shops, etc
- chapelet — A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
- chaplets — Plural form of chaplet.
- chaptrel — a side pillar supporting the weight of an arch
- chartlet — a small chart indicating some special thing, as information relative to a radio navigational aid.