8-letter words containing a, c, l, e, i
- claviers — Plural form of clavier.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- clavinet — An electrophonic keyboard instrument, an electronically amplified clavichord with a distinctive bright staccato sound.
- clawlike — resembling a claw or claws
- claylike — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- cleaning — the act of removing dirt or something undesirable
- clearing — A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
- 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.
- cleaving — Present participle 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.
- clerical — Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.
- 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.
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- climaxes — Plural form of climax.
- clinamen — a bias or inclination
- 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.
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- cogenial — Alternative spelling of congenial.
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- colinear — collinear.
- collegia — Ecclesiastical. college (def 11).
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- coppelia — a ballet (1870) by Délibes.
- cordelia — a feminine name
- cornelia — a feminine name
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crawlies — Fear, anxiety.
- creakily — creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- czarlike — Alternative spelling of tsarlike.
- daedalic — an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
- daliance — Obsolete spelling of dalliance.
- decaling — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declinal — the action of politely refusing or declining
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.