8-letter words containing l, d, c
- chadless — (of a keypunch) not producing chads
- chadlock — Alternative form of charlock.
- chalcids — Plural form of chalcid.
- chaldaic — an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean
- chaldean — a member of an ancient Semitic people who controlled S Babylonia from the late 8th to the late 7th century bc
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chaliced — (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers
- chandler — a dealer in a specified trade or merchandise
- charlady — a charwoman
- chelated — (chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates.
- cheliped — (of an arthropod) either of two legs which each carry a claw
- childbed — the condition of giving birth to a child
- childern — Eye dialect of children.
- childers — (Robert) Erskine. 1870–1922, Irish politician, executed by the Irish Free State for his IRA activities: author of the spy story The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- childing — bearing a child; pregnant
- childish — Childish means relating to or typical of a child.
- children — Children is the plural of child.
- chilidog — A hot dog made with chili con carne.
- chillada — a kind of fried patty
- chilopod — any arthropod of the class Chilopoda, which includes the centipedes
- chiseled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
- chlodwig — German name of Clovis I.
- chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chortled — to chuckle gleefully.
- chuckled — to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction: They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.
- cichlids — Plural form of cichlid.
- ciliated — possessing or relating to cilia
- citadels — Plural form of citadel.
- claddagh — Irish ring
- cladding — Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive.
- cladists — Plural form of cladist.
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- clamored — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clarinda — a female given name, form of Clara.
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- claudius — full name Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. 10 bc–54 ad, Roman emperor (41–54); invaded Britain (43); poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina
- clavated — Clavate; club-shaped.
- cleansed — Simple past tense and past participle of cleanse.
- cleidoic — isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
- clenched — Closed tightly.
- clifford — a masculine name: dim. Cliff
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
- clip-fed — (of an automatic firearm) loaded from a cartridge clip
- cliveden — a mansion in Buckinghamshire, on the N bank of the Thames near Maidenhead: formerly the home of Nancy Astor and the scene of gatherings of politicians and others (known as the Cliveden Set); now a hotel
- clochard — a tramp
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- clodpole — a dull or stupid person