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8-Letter Words (78):

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

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

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

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

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

celerity (13 points)

Speed of dancing reel in Edinburgh maybe

Heartless star's expedition

Famous person's heartless haste

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

cemetery (15 points)

Dead centre (wordplay)

Paris's Pere Lachaise, for one

Graveyard shift locale

C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 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

ceremony (15 points)

Occasion for wedded one? Mercy!

Ritual - my encore (anagram)

What a stickler may stand on (wordplay)

C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 15 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

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

chattery (16 points)

Loquacious

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

cheerily (16 points)

In a jolly manner

With a smile, weirdly following church

With a smile on one's face

C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

chemurgy (19 points)

A branch of applied chemistry

C·3+H·4+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4 = 19 pts

chiccory (20 points)

""A perennial herb, also CHICORY, CHICKORY""

C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 20 pts

chickory (22 points)

""A perennial herb, also CHICORY, CHICCORY""

C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 22 pts

chirpily (18 points)

How you said, 'I do bird imitations' (wordplay)

C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

chirrupy (18 points)

In a chirrup manner

C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+Y·4 = 18 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

choirboy (18 points)

Sunday singer, perhaps

Do-gooder on Sundays (wordplay)

Small singer in a loft

C·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 18 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

churchly (21 points)

Pertaining to a church

C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 21 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

circuity (15 points)

A roundabout course

C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 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

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

cleverly (16 points)

In a skilful way

In a talented way

With ingenuity the prize is in this

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

clownery (16 points)

Comical performance

C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

clustery (13 points)

Growing in bunches, as grapes

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

cluttery (13 points)

Disordered

C·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 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

colliery (13 points)

1 of 2 say 24's lines

A coalmine and its buildings

Dog tracks in pit

C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·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

copurify (18 points)

To become purified with another substance

C·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 18 pts

coquetry (22 points)

Vainly seeking masculine attention

Flirtatiousness

Flirtation

C·3+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 22 pts

corduroy (14 points)

Slacks, material-wise, maybe

What shows its ribs (wordplay)

Fabric with ribs

C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+O·1+Y·4 = 14 pts

cornetcy (15 points)

A rank in the British cavalry

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 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

corsetry (13 points)

The work of making corsets

C·3+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+T·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

courtesy (13 points)

Common sense (wordplay)

It may be professional

Politeness makes Rosy cute

C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

cousinry (13 points)

Kith and kin

C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

covertly (16 points)

On the sly

Secretly, not openly

In cloak-and-dagger style

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 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

cowberry (18 points)

A pasture shrub

C·3+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 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

credibly (16 points)

In a plausible way

In a plausible manner

Plausibly

C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts

creepily (15 points)

In a spine-chilling way

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

crispily (15 points)

In a crisp manner

C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·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

crockery (19 points)

Cups and saucers, etc.

China has many an ornamental garden

Cold alpine area in China

C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts

crookery (17 points)

Crooked activity

C·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·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

croupily (15 points)

In a croupy manner

C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts

crousely (13 points)

In a lively manner

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

crustily (13 points)

How a curmudgeon might speak

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

cryingly (17 points)

In a crying manner

C·3+R·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

cryogeny (17 points)

Study of low temperatures

C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 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

currency (15 points)

Transference of money (wordplay)

Cash in circulation (wordplay)

Money (of a country)

C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts

curriery (13 points)

The shop of a currier

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

cursedly (14 points)

In a cursed manner

C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts

curvedly (17 points)

In a curved manner

C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

cutchery (18 points)

A judicial office in India

C·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

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Your search: your search in dictionary American. Results: 78.

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

Starting with:

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Ending with:

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Containing:

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