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8-Letter Words Starting with C

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8-Letter Words Starting with C (66 words)

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cableway (18 points)

Hoisting system

C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

caducity (16 points)

{senility=n}

C·3+A·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

caecally (15 points)

In the manner of a caecum

C·3+A·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

cajolery (20 points)

Wheedler's forte

Sweet talk, flattery

Flattery intended to persuade

C·3+A·1+J·8+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 20 pts

calamary (15 points)

""A squid, also CALAMAR""

C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

calamity (15 points)

Jane's grave disaster (wordplay)

Jane's disaster in film (wordplay)

A disaster, like Western heroine Jane

C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

candidly (15 points)

How Frank speaks (wordplay)

How Frank speaks?

In plain English

C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

caninity (13 points)

Dog-like nature

C·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

cannonry (13 points)

Servers of volleys

Artillery

C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

capacity (17 points)

Put limits on a large urban area's size

Ability to perform or produce

Maximum amount that can be contained

C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

carnally (13 points)

In a fleshy way

Sensually.

Sensually

C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

castaway (16 points)

One sending a message in a bottle, maybe

Person on a deserted isle, perhaps

Alexander Selkirk, for one

C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

casually (13 points)

How browsers scan pages

In an off-hand manner

In a random way

C·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

casualty (13 points)

A cult, say (anagram)

TV hospital drama

Victim - injured person

C·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

catchfly (21 points)

Flowering plant named for its sticky stems

C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts

category (14 points)

Grey coat (anagram)

Is Catherine kind of bloody (wordplay)

Classification of grey-coat

C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts

catenary (13 points)

Moggy and girl beside railway curve

Trace any random curve

Like a chain.

C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

caudally (14 points)

In the manner of a tail

C·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts

causally (13 points)

In an effect-producing way

C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

causeway (16 points)

Reason and means to build elevated road

Raised road crossing shallow water

Overseas Highway feature

C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

cavitary (16 points)

Pertaining to the formation of cavities in tissue

C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

celibacy (17 points)

Obstructor of congress (wordplay)

State without a congress (wordplay)

Bachelor's button

C·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 17 pts

centaury (13 points)

One in a hundred may be a weed

Plant of gentian family

Plant named for a mythological species

C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

chambray (20 points)

Broadcast fake animal noise material

Lightweight shirt fabric

Mary Bach makes a lightweight woven fabric

C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 20 pts

chancery (18 points)

He can cry (anagram)

Court puts HM in dodgy situation

Risky to circumvent the Queen's court

C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

chancily (18 points)

In a chancy manner

C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

charlady (17 points)

Cautious about young male cleaner

Cleaner is cautious when boy interrupts

Boy captivated by shy cleaner

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 17 pts

chastely (16 points)

In a chaste manner

C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

chastity (16 points)

Medieval contraceptive device

Abstention from carnal activity

Cher's daughter

C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

chattery (16 points)

Loquacious

C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

chattily (16 points)

In a talkative manner

C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

chivalry (19 points)

It's dead, some say

Medieval knightly system

Knightly code of honour

C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts

chorally (16 points)

How 4 may be rendered, endless work needing supporter

By way of singing or being on the same side at last

C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

chronaxy (23 points)

The time required to activate a nerve cell electrically

C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+X·8+Y·4 = 23 pts

cinerary (13 points)

Pertaining to ashes.

Containing ashes

Like some urns, terribly rare, nicked from the east

C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

citatory (13 points)

Relating to a citation

C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

clammily (17 points)

In an unpleasantly damp way

C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

classify (16 points)

Arrange by category

Arrange in categories

Make secret for security reasons

C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts

classily (13 points)

In a classy manner

C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

clattery (13 points)

Like rattling sounds

Like a bucket of bolts

Like a drawer full of silverware

C·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

clinally (13 points)

In a clinal manner

C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

clonally (13 points)

In a clonal manner

C·3+L·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

coagency (16 points)

A joint agency

C·3+O·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts

coarsely (13 points)

In a coarse manner

C·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

coevally (16 points)

In contemporaneous fashion

C·3+O·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

coitally (13 points)

In a coital manner

C·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

cometary (15 points)

Racy tome, novel about heavenly body

C·3+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

contrary (13 points)

Carry out (command)

In opposition (to)

For Mary to be quite like this

C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

coronary (13 points)

Like places of the heart (wordplay)

Of the arteries supplying blood to heart

Kind of artery

C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

costmary (15 points)

Aromatic plant involved girl in expense

Aromatic plant, formerly used for flavouring ale

C·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

cottagey (14 points)

Cottage-like

C·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4 = 14 pts

cowardly (17 points)

Like a literary lion (wordplay)

Describing a fictional lion.

Acting the chicken in a wry cold play

C·3+O·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

crabbily (17 points)

With ill-temper

In bad-tempered way like common crustacean

Prayer involving a couple of bishops - one left in a huff

C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

craftily (16 points)

With cunning

Cunningly, deceitfully

Cunningly, airmen landed upside-down within country's borders

C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

craggily (15 points)

In a craggy manner

C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

cramoisy (15 points)

""Crimson cloth, also CRAMESY""

C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

crankily (17 points)

In a grumpy manner

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

cravenly (16 points)

In a spineless manner

How a coward acts

As a coward would

C·3+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

crawlway (19 points)

A small low tunnel

C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts

creakily (17 points)

In a creaky manner

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

creamery (15 points)

Site of separation anxiety (wordplay)

Where dairy products are made

Butter production factory

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

creamily (15 points)

In a creamy manner

C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

croakily (17 points)

In a croaky manner

C·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

crossway (16 points)

Road intersector

Intersecting street

Intersection

C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

culinary (13 points)

Used in cooking.

Related to cooking

To do with cooking

C·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

culpably (17 points)

In a blameworthy manner.

C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

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Refine to C+: CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ

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