8-letter words containing is
- chrisoms — Plural form of chrisom.
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- christer — a Christian, esp. one actively engaged in proselytizing or evangelizing
- christie — Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa). 1890–1976, British author of detective stories, many featuring Hercule Poirot, and several plays, including The Mousetrap (1952)
- christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
- christo- — indicating or relating to Christ
- chromism — Chromatism.
- churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- cicisbeo — the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
- cis male — a person who was born male and whose gender identity is male.
- ciseleur — a person who is expert in ciselure
- ciselure — the art or process of chasing metal
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cisterns — Plural form of cistern.
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- citicism — The manners of a cit or citizen.
- civicism — the principle of civil government
- civilise — To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- civilist — a civilian
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- clarissa — a feminine name
- classism — the belief that people from certain social or economic classes are superior to others
- classist — Of or pertaining to classism.
- 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.
- clerkish — Like or resembling a clerk.
- clevises — plural of clevis.
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clitoris — The clitoris is a part at the front of a woman's sexual organs where she can feel sexual pleasure.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- cloisonn — Alternative spelling of cloisonne.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- clovis i — German name Chlodwig. ?466–511 ad, king of the Franks (481–511), who extended the Merovingian kingdom to include most of Gaul and SW Germany
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- clubbish — clubby
- clubbism — the system of club membership
- clubbist — a member of a club
- clumpish — clumpy
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coassist — to assist jointly
- coexists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist.
- cognises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cognise.
- coistrel — a knave
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- colistin — a polymyxin antibiotic
- colonise — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.