8-letter words containing c
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advanced — An advanced system, method, or design is modern and has been developed from an earlier version of the same thing.
- advancer — a person or thing that advances.
- advances — personal overtures made in an attempt to become friendly, gain a favour, etc
- advected — Simple past tense and past participle of advect.
- advocaat — a liqueur having a raw egg base
- advocacy — Someone's advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly.
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- adynamic — Not dynamic; without strength or vigor.
- aeacides — a patronymic for any of the descendants of Aeacus, as Achilles, Peleus, and Telamon.
- aecidial — relating to or resembling an aecidium
- aecidium — an aecium
- aedicula — aedicule.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- aetheric — ether (defs 3–5).
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- affecter — a person who makes a real or pretence show of liking, being, or knowing something
- affiance — to bind (a person or oneself) in a promise of marriage; betroth
- afflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict.
- africana — objects of cultural or historical interest of African origin
- agaçante — irritating
- agacerie — allurement, enticement, enchantment, coquetry
- agalloch — the fragrant, resinous wood of an East Indian tree, Aquilaria agallocha, of the mezereum family, used as incense in Asia.
- agaricin — an impure form of agaric acid: formerly used in medicine as an agent for stopping excessive perspiration.
- agaricus — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus, comprising the meadow mushrooms and a commercially grown species, A. brunnescens.
- agencies — Plural form of agency.
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- aglycone — a chemical compound
- agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
- agraphic — having or relating to agraphia
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- agricola — Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
- aguacate — an avocado
- air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
- air cock — a small tap or valve for controlling the entrance or escape of air from a pipe, chamber, etc.
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- air lock — an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
- air-cool — to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- air-lock — to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend.
- airbrick — a brick with holes in it, put into the wall of a building for ventilation
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircoach — a bus that transports passengers to and from an airport
- aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airlocks — Plural form of airlock.