8-letter words containing a, c, n, t
- chantant — melodious; tuneful.
- chanters — Plural form of chanter.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chanting — Say or shout repeatedly in a sing-song tone.
- charente — a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charting — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chastens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chatline — People phone in to chatlines to have conversations with other people who have also phoned in.
- chatting — Present participle of chat.
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
- chiantis — Plural form of chianti.
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- cibation — the act of feeding
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- cineaste — an enthusiast for films
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- claimant — A claimant is someone who is receiving money from the state because they are unemployed or they are unable to work because they are ill.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- clarting — Present participle of clart.
- clathrin — a basketlike network of protein molecules that forms on the cell membrane in response to the attachment of ligands to receptors and becomes the inside surface of the coated vesicle during endocytosis.
- 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
- 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.
- cliental — a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- coacting — Present participle of coact.
- coaction — any relationship between organisms within a community
- coagment — (obsolete) To join together.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- coattend — to attend jointly
- cocoanut — the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- cognatic — related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- coinmate — a fellow inmate
- cola nut — any of the seeds of the cola tree, which contain caffeine and theobromine and are used medicinally and in the manufacture of soft drinks