8-letter words containing t, e, a, c
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- citrated — treated with a citrate
- citrates — Plural form of citrate.
- clackety — A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
- clap-net — a net, used esp by entomologists, that can be closed instantly by pulling a string
- clarinet — A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
- claspeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clasp.
- classest — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
- clatters — Plural form of clatter.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- clavated — Clavate; club-shaped.
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- cleanest — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleaneth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clean.
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clearcut — Alternative spelling of clear cut.
- clearest — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- cleating — a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support: He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.
- cleaveth — Archaic third-person singular form of cleave.
- 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.
- cliental — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- climates — Plural form of climate.
- clitella — a ring or saddle-shaped region of glandular tissue in the body wall of certain annelids, as earthworms and some leeches, that after copulation secretes a cocoon in which the eggs and sperm are deposited for fertilization and development.
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- coactive — acting together.
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- coarsest — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coasters — Plural form of coaster.
- coatless — without a coat or coat of arms
- coattend — to attend jointly
- coattest — to attest jointly
- cocreate — to create jointly
- coequate — to equate with something else
- cogitate — If you are cogitating, you are thinking deeply about something.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- coinmate — a fellow inmate
- collaret — a small collar
- collated — to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- collates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collate.
- colocate — to locate (two or more things) together
- colorate — To apply color to something, make colourful.
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- comatose — A person who is comatose is in a coma.
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.