8-Letter Words Starting with C: page 2

All 991 eight-letter words that start with C: page 2 of 3

CI

• cinching16n. A fastening.
• cinchona15n. A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South...
• cincture12n. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing.
• cineplex19n. A cinema having multiple theatres (showing rooms).
• cinerary13adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing ashes, especially those of a cremated...
• cingular11adj. Of or pertaining to the cingulum.
• cingulum13n. The girdle of an alb.
• cinnabar12n. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of...
• cinnamic14adj. Of or pertaining to cinnamon.
• cinnamon12n. A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India...
• cinnamyl15n. The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH=CH-CH₂- characteristic of cinnamic...
• cinsault10n. A grape variety from the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.
• cioppino14n. An Italian-American shellfish and tomato stew.
• circling13n. A circular motion.
• circular12adj. Of or relating to a circle.
• circulus12n. A social group of reptiles where there is interaction and personal...
• cislunar10adj. Situated between the Earth and the Moon.
• cisterna10n. Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like...
• citation10n. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
• citified14adj. Characteristic of the sophisticated customs or dress associated with...
• citrinin10n. A mycotoxin produced by fungi associated with various cereals.
• citywide17adj. Throughout a city.
• civilian13n. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is...
• civilise13v. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher...
• civility16n. Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness...
• civilize22v. American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.

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• clackers16n. A toy consisting of two plastic spheres suspended on string which, when...
• clackety19adj. That is characterized by clacketing.
• clacking17n. A sound that clacks.
• cladding13n. Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add...
• claimant12n. One who claims; one who makes a claim.
• claiming13n. The act of making a claim.
• clambake18n. An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a...
• clamming15adj. Very hungry.
• clamping15n. The act by which something is clamped.
• clanging12n. A noise that clangs.
• clangour11n. A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
• clanking15n. A noise that clanks.
• clannish13adj. Of or related to a clan.
• clansman12n. A male member of a clan.
• clapback20n. An exercise where the pupil is instructed to repeat a previously played...
• clapping15n. The action by which someone or something claps.
• claptrap14n. Empty verbiage or nonsense.
• clarence12n. A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled...
• clarinet10n. A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose...
• clashing14n. A clash; the sound or action of clashing; violent collision.
• clasping13n. The act by which something is clasped.
• classics12n. Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin...
• classify16v. To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
• classing11n. Synonym of classification.
• classism12n. Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially...
• classist10adj. Of or pertaining to classism.
• classman12n. A member of a class.
• clathrin13n. A fibrous protein that forms a polyhedral coat on the surface of the...
• clausula10n. The conclusion of a passage; cadence.
• clavecin15n. Harpsichord.
• clavicle15n. The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the...
• clawback21n. A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that...
• clawfoot16n. A condition of the human foot in which the sole of the foot is...
• clawless13adj. Having no claws.
• claymore15n. A large two-handed sword historically used by the Scottish Highlanders.
• clayster13n. A worker of clay.
• cleaners10n. A professional laundry or dry cleaner.
• cleaning11n. The process of making something clean; a freeing from filth or dirt.
• cleanout10n. An opening or drain leading into a plumbing system to provide a...
• cleanser10n. Someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.
• clearcut12n. The area of the forest cleared of trees.
• clearing11n. The act or process of making or becoming clear.
• clearnet10n. The Internet as indexed by search engines, as opposed to the Tor...
• clearway16n. A road or other path that is kept free of obstructions, or on which...
• cleavage14n. The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
• cleavers13n. Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
• cleaving14adj. That cleaves.
• clefting14n. The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
• clematis12n. Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found...
• clemence14n. Synonym of clemency.
• clemency17n. The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in...
• clenched16adj. Closed tightly.
• clerical12adj. Of or relating to clerks or their work.
• cleverly16adv. Wittily; in a tricky manner.
• clickety19interj. A clicking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
• clicking17n. The sound or action of a click.
• clickity19interj. Nonce variation of the word click, usually indicating one of a series...
• clifftop18n. The top of a cliff.
• climacus14n. A neume denoting a descending set of three tones.
• climatic14adj. Of, relating to, or influenced by climate.
• climaxed20adj. Having attained a climax.
• climbing15n. The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object...
• clincher15n. That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a...
• clinging12adj. Clingy.
• clinical12adj. Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the...
• clinkers14n. Testicles.
• clinking15n. A noise that clinks.
• clipless12adj. Without a clip or clips.
• clippers14n. A tool for clipping something.
• clipping15n. The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
• cliquish22adj. Of or pertaining to a clique.
• clitoral10adj. Of or relating to the clitoris.
• clitoris10n. A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the...
• cloaking15n. The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
• clocking17n. A time measurement made according to a clock.
• clogging13n. The situation of something being clogged.
• cloister10n. Such an arcade in a monastery;.
• clomping15adj. That clomps.
• clonally13adv. By means of asexual reproduction.
• clopping15n. The sound or action of something that clops.
• closeout10n. A wave which breaks all at once, as opposed to breaking progressively...
• closeted11adj. Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or...
• clothier13n. A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
• clothing14n. Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal...
• clotting11n. Clotted material.
• clouding12n. A cloudy appearance.
• clownery16n. The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
• clowning14n. Clownish behavior.
• clownish16adj. Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
• clubbing15n. An instance of using a club.
• clubface17n. The leading face of a golf club; the side of the clubhead that strikes...
• clubfoot15n. A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes...
• clubhead16n. The head of a golf club: the part of the club that strikes the ball.
• clubland13n. The part of a city where nightclubs are located.
• clubmate14n. A person who is in the same club as another person.
• clubroom14n. A room used for club activities.
• clubwear15n. Clothing intended to be worn to nightclubs.
• clucking17n. The action of the verb cluck; a cluck sound.
• clueless10adj. Without any clues or hints.
• clumping15n. A clump or cluster.
• clumsily15adv. In a clumsy manner or way; without care or finesse, often hurriedly or...
• clunking15adj. Clunky; awkward.
• clutches15n. Grasp; possession; control.

CN

• cnidaria11n. Cnidarian.

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• coaching16n. The process by which someone is coached or tutored; instruction.
• coachman17n. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach: a male coach driver.
• coalesce12v. To join into a single mass or whole.
• coalface15n. The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is...
• coarsely13adv. In a coarse manner.
• coasting11n. The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
• coattail10n. The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the...
• coauthor13n. An author who collaborates with another to write something.
• cobblers14n. Testicles.
• cobbling15n. The work of a cobbler; shoemaking.
• cobwebby22adj. Having many cobwebs.
• cochlear15adj. Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
• cocobolo14n. An oily tropical hardwood of genus Dalbergia from Central America.
• cocooned13adj. Enclosed in a cocoon.
• coddling13n. The act of one who coddles or pampers.
• codebase13n. The body of source code used to create a particular computer program or...
• codebook17n. A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping...
• codename13v. To give a codename to.
• codesign12v. To design together.
• codeword15n. A string representing an encoded piece of text.
• codified15adj. Organized; put in a systematic arrangement.
• codomain13n. The target set into which a function is formally defined to map...
• codpiece15n. A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of...
• coeditor11n. One of two or more people serving together as editors of a work or...
• coelomic14adj. Of, or relating to a coelom.
• coenzyme24n. Any small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme.
• coercion12n. Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by...
• coercive15adj. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
• cofactor15n. A contributing factor.
• coffered17adj. Having coffers.
• cogently14adv. In a cogent manner.
• cogitate11v. To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
• cognatic13adj. Of or relating to a mode of descent calculated from an ancestor or...
• cognomen13n. A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name...
• cogwheel17n. A gear wheel.
• coherent13adj. Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
• cohesion13n. State of cohering, or of working together.
• cohesive16adj. Having cohesion.
• coiffeur16n. A male hairdresser.
• coiffure16n. Hairstyle.
• coilover13n. An automobile suspension device consisting of a shock absorber with a...
• coinbase12n. The transaction that is automatically created in every Bitcoin block to...
• coincide13v. To occupy exactly the same space.
• colander11n. A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food...
• coldness11n. The relative lack of heat.
• coleslaw13n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots...
• coliform15adj. Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines...
• coliseum12n. A large theatre, cinema, or stadium.
• colistin10n. A polymixin antibiotic effective against a range of gram-negative...
• collaged12adj. Glued together in the manner of a collage.
• collagen11n. The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the...
• collamer12n. A collagen copolymer used to make biocompatible lenses.
• collapse12v. To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
• collared11adj. Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation).
• collator10n. A person who collates.
• collider11n. Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing...
• colliery13n. An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
• colloque19v. To hold colloquy; to converse.
• colloquy22n. A conversation or dialogue.
• coloboma14n. An abnormal hole present from birth in one of the structures of the...
• colonial10adj. Of or pertaining to a colony.
• colonise10v. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.
• colonist10n. A founder of a colony.
• colonize19v. To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a...
• colophon15n. In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note...
• colorado11n. A cigar of medium color and strength.
• colorful13adj. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
• coloring11adj. That colors something.
• colorism12n. Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or...
• colorist10n. One who colors; an artist with a talent for coloring.
• colorize19v. To add color to.
• colormap14n. A lookup table specifying the colors to be used in rendering a...
• colorway16n. Any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available.
• colossal10adj. Extremely large or on a great scale.
• colossus10n. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain...
• coloured11adj. British standard spelling of colored.
• colubrid13n. Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and...
• columnar12adj. Having the shape of a column.
• columned13adj. Having columns.
• comatose12adj. In a coma: unconscious.
• combined15adj. Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements...
• combiner14n. A person who or a thing that combines.
• combover17n. A manner of combing hair from one side to the other in an attempt to...
• comeback20n. A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period...
• comedian13n. An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling...
• comedown16n. A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment...
• cometary15adj. Relating to comets.
• commando15n. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive...
• commence16v. To begin, start.
• commerce16n. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the...
• commlink18n. A communications device.
• commoner14n. A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
• commonly17adv. As a rule; frequently; usually.
• communal14adj. Pertaining to a community or a commune.
• commuter14n. One who commutes (etymology 1).
• comorbid15adj. That occurs at the same time as another.
• comoving16adj. Moving in the same direction and at the same speed.
• compadre15n. A friend or companion.
• compiler14n. One who compiles.
• complain14v. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
• complete14v. To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
• completo14n. A hot dog with the works.
• compline14n. The last of the canonical hours, sung just before retiring to bed.
• composed15adj. Showing composure.
• composer14n. One who composes; an author.
• compound15n. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
• compress14v. To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something...
• comprise14v. To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of...
• computed15adj. Calculated, determined by computation.
• computer14n. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical...
• computus14n. The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar.
• comtesse12n. A French countess.
• conative13adj. Of or pertaining to a striving action.
• conceive15v. To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
• concerto12n. A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
• concetto12n. Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit.
• conclave15n. The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process...
• conclude13v. To end; to come to an end.
• concours12n. A competitive examination, especially in medicine.
• concrete12adj. Real, actual, tangible.
• condense11v. To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or...
• condylar14adj. Relating to or resembling a condyle.
• conehead14n. A foam rubber rounded cone hat to be worn atop the head as a costume to...
• confetti13n. Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material...
• confined14adj. Not free to move.
• confines13n. The borders or limits of an area.
• conflate13v. To combine or mix together.
• conflict15n. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing...
• confocal15adj. Having the same foci.
• confound14v. To perplex or puzzle.
• confront13v. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or...
• confused14adj. Unable to think clearly or understand.
• confuted14adj. Disproved; refuted.
• congener11n. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
• congress11n. A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss...
• conidial11adj. Relating to or composed of a conidium.
• conjoint17adj. Joined together; combined; joint.
• conjugal18adj. Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
• conjunct19n. Either term of a conjunction.
• conjunto17n. A small Latin American musical ensemble, mainly in Mexico and Cuba.
• conjurer17n. One who conjures, a magician.
• conjuror17n. One bound by a common oath with others.
• connexin17n. Any of a class of transmembrane proteins that assemble to form gap...
• conniver13n. A person who connives.
• connoted11adj. Having a specified connotation.
• conodont11n. Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
• conoidal11adj. Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
• conquest19n. An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation...
• conserve13n. Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
• consider11v. To think about seriously.
• consoler10n. One who gives consolation.
• conspire12v. To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to...
• constant10adj. Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
• construe10n. A translation.
• consular10adj. Of or pertaining to a consul, or the office thereof.
• consulta10n. An official meeting or consultation.
• consumed13adj. Full of, exuding (also figuratively).
• consumer12n. One who, or that which, consumes.
• contango11n. The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are...
• contempo14adj. Contemporary; modern.
• contempt14n. The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding...
• contents10n. That which is contained.
• contessa10n. A countess, often specifically an Italian countess.
• continue10v. To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
• continuo10n. A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish...
• contract12n. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or...
• contrail10n. An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip...
• contrary13adj. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
• contrast10n. The degree of this difference.
• contrite10adj. Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s...
• contrive13v. To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise.
• contused11adj. That has suffered contusion; that has been contused.
• convener13n. One who convenes or calls a meeting.
• convenor13n. One who assembles people for an official or public purpose.
• converge14v. (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer...
• conversa13n. A female converso.
• converse13v. To talk; to engage in conversation.
• converso13n. A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism...
• convexly23adv. In a convex manner.
• conveyor16n. A person that conveys, transports or delivers.
• convince15v. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by...
• convulse13v. To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing...
• cookbook20n. A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
• cookshop19n. A shop that sells cooked food.
• cookware17n. The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for...
• cooldown14n. The rest period between sets or workout sessions, when cooling of body...
• coolibah15n. Any of a number of eucalyptus trees of central and northern Australia...
• coolness10n. Moderate chilliness.
• coonskin14n. The pelt of a raccoon.
• copaxone19n. The drug glatiramer acetate used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
• coplanar12adj. Within the same plane.
• copperas14n. Any of various metallic sulphates formed from the reaction of sulfur...
• coppered15adj. (of the hull of a wooden ship) sheathed below the waterline with thin...
• coppiced17adj. Cut back to ground level to stimulate growth.
• coprosma14n. Any of the plants in the genus Coprosma.
• copulate12v. To engage in sexual intercourse.
• copybook21n. A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be...
• copyhold19n. A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the...
• copyleft18n. The philosophy of using copyrights to enforce freedom of information...
• coquetry22n. Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention...
• coquette19n. A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
• coquille19n. A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or...
• coracoid13n. Part of the scapula that projects towards the sternum in mammals; the...
• cordiner11n. A shoemaker.
• cordless11adj. Having no cord; especially using batteries instead of mains electricity.
• cordovan14adj. Originating in or pertaining to Córdoba.
• corduroy14n. A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
• cordwood15n. Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into...
• coreless10adj. Lacking a core.
• cornball12n. A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or...
• corneous10adj. Containing a horny substance; horny.
• cornered11adj. Having corners.
• cornetto10n. A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval...
• cornhole13n. A small room connected to a threshing floor.
• corniced13adj. With a cornice.
• corniche15n. A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea...
• cornmeal12n. Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one.
• cornpone12n. A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs.
• corocoro12n. A bird, the green ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis.
• coronary13adj. Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the...
• coronate10adj. Having a crest or a crownlike appendage, a corona.
• coronial10adj. Of, by or pertaining to a coroner.
• coronoid11adj. Shaped like the beak of a crow.
• corporal12adj. Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
• corpsman14n. A hospital corpsman.
• corridor11n. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or...
• corroded12adj. Damaged by corrosion.
• corselet10n. Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken...
• corseted11adj. Wearing a corset.
• corsetry13n. The collective noticeable portion of a corset.
• cortical12adj. Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure...
• cortisol10n. A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that...
• corundum13n. An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical...
• corvette13n. A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier...
• cosecant12n. In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the sine of an angle. Symbols...
• cosigner11n. A cosignatory.
• cosiness10n. The state or quality of being cosy.
• cosmetic14adj. Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the...
• cosseted11adj. Pampered.
• cossette10n. One of the thin strips into which sugar beets are cut as part of the...
• costless10adj. Having no cost, or at least no cost paid for at the point of sale.
• costumed13adj. Wearing a costume; disguised.
• costumer12n. A person who designs, makes or supplies theatrical costumes.
• cotgrave14n. A fluke in which a pot or snooker is obtained by accident.
• cotinine10n. A metabolite of nicotine that may improve mental ability.
• cottager11n. A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
• couchant15adj. Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
• couching16n. The act of one who couches.
• coughing15n. A cough; the act of coughing.
• coumadin13n. Synonym of warfarin.
• coumaric14adj. Of or pertaining to coumaric acid or its derivatives.
• coumarin12n. The bicyclic aromatic compound 1,2-benzopyrone or any of its...
• countess10n. The wife of a count or earl.
• counting11n. A count.
• countout10n. The awarding of a match to a wrestler after their opponent has been...
• coupling13n. The act of joining together to form a couple.
• couponer12n. One who uses money-saving coupons.
• courante10n. Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the...
• coursing11n. The sport of chasing wild animals, especially hares, with dogs by sight...
• courtesy13n. Polite behavior.
• courtier10n. A person in attendance at a royal court.
• courting11n. Courtship; amorous advances.
• couscous12n. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.
• cousinly13adj. Characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin.
• covalent13adj. Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.
• covenant13n. An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
• coverage14n. An amount by which something or someone is covered.
• coverall13n. A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other...
• covering14n. That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over...
• coverlet13n. A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.

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