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8-Letter Words Starting with C

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8-Letter Words Starting with C (62 words)

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cadastre (11 points)

Official register of real estate

C·3+A·1+D·2+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts

caesurae (10 points)

Pauses in lines of verse

Pauses in verses

Pauses, in poetry

C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts

camisade (13 points)

Irish rebel catches novelist in surprise attack

C·3+A·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts

camisole (12 points)

Poor Lois arrived outside wearing this!

Close aim (anagram)

Woman's garment

C·3+A·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts

campsite (14 points)

Pitcher's spot (wordplay)

Pitching place (wordplay)

In which to pitch a tent

C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts

canalise (10 points)

Cause watercourse in Alsace to wander

C·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

canonise (10 points)

Elevate to sainthood

Declare to be a saint

Soon is in church to turn into a saint

C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

capstone (12 points)

Most notable achievement

Acme of achievement

Highest point of achievement

C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cardcase (13 points)

Salesperson's need

Gift for a new professional

Sales rep's accessory

C·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

cascable (14 points)

""The rear part of a cannon, also CASCABEL""

C·3+A·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts

casemate (12 points)

Enclosure on a warship deck

Bombproof chamber in a fort

Fellow counsel for the defence (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cashable (15 points)

Able to be cashed

C·3+A·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts

cashmere (15 points)

Material, perhaps - search me!

Wool gathering by a schemer, perhaps

Fabric ruined? Search me!

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

casimere (12 points)

""A woollen fabric, also CASIMIRE""

C·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts

casimire (12 points)

""A woollen fabric, also CASIMERE""

C·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cassette (10 points)

Bungled testcase is on tape!

Testcase bungled (wordplay)

Test case (anagram)

C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

castrate (10 points)

Actors' fees take balls

Emasculate

C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

catalase (10 points)

An {enzyme=n}

C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

cathouse (13 points)

A {brothel=n}

C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

causable (12 points)

Able to be caused

C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts

causerie (10 points)

Sue and Erica involved in chinwag

Informal essay

Informal discussion.

C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts

cerusite (10 points)

A lead ore

C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

chastise (13 points)

Correct a chess move - take it back!

Scold is indecent (wordplay)

Beat, but it's the other way in pursuit

C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

chasuble (15 points)

Short prince adjusts blue vestment

Priest's long sleeveless vestment

A Eucharistic vestment

C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts

christie (13 points)

Crime writer's serial killer

"Death on the Nile" author

'Agatha..., crime writer (8)'

C·3+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 13 pts

cineaste (10 points)

Movie buff - tie canes (anagram)

Quarterly movie review magazine

Film fan ordered nice high teas

C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

civilise (13 points)

Polite untruths are said to educate

Improve the behaviour of - savages (wordplay)

One engineer is going to Spain to socialise

C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

closable (12 points)

Like easy business deals

C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts

coalesce (12 points)

Merge and mingle.

Come together as one

Come together as one mass

C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts

coassume (12 points)

To assume together

C·3+O·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts

cocksure (16 points)

Arrogant bird? Yes!

Positively crowing (wordplay)

Describing a certain bird (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts

cohesive (16 points)

He voices doubt that it makes sense

Like good arguments

Sticking together.

C·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts

coinsure (10 points)

Share a policy's risk

Share a policy

C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts

colessee (10 points)

A joint lessee

C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts

collapse (12 points)

Fall getting around the mountain drop

Pass a mistake and go to pieces

What opera hats do.

C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts

colonise (10 points)

Make it: like that (wordplay)

Settle for the takeover

Form a settlement in a foreign country

C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

comatose (12 points)

Very drowsy, perhaps unconscious

Comes to a settlement while unconscious

Like some heavy sleepers

C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts

comprise (14 points)

Include Charlie, replacing semi-pro

Include Conservative promise broken

Include free ticket? That's a deception

C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts

condense (11 points)

Send once (anagram)

Put in a nutshell

Cold Scandinavian city absorbing new cut

C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts

conenose (10 points)

Big bug of southwestern U.S

C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

conserve (13 points)

Protect (from damage)

Save (eg energy)

Forestall a shortage, perhaps

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts

consomme (14 points)

Do battle as a clear starter (wordplay)

Stock option (wordplay)

Clear meaty soup

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts

conspire (12 points)

Plot together - on prices (anagram)

High point of a skyline

Join a cabal

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts

construe (10 points)

Read - trounces (anagram)

Recounts so as to interpret or explain

Explain the sense

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+E·1 = 10 pts

converse (13 points)

Talk of being contrary!

Talk about 22 down (wordplay)

Discuss poetry in prison (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

convulse (13 points)

Undergo spasms (from pain or laughter)

Shake with laughter

Shake, as with laughter

C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

coulisse (10 points)

A side scene of a theatre stage

C·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

crabwise (15 points)

(Of movement) sideways

Curve lifted over web is turned sideways

Occasionally cars at BMW did skew sideways

C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts

creosote (10 points)

Coat on a tie (wordplay)

Oily, smelly wood preservative

Chimney cleaner's target

C·3+R·1+E·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

crescive (15 points)

Increasing

C·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts

crevasse (13 points)

Ground rent at high level (wordplay)

Sever sac (anagram)

Rent at a high level (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts

crispate (12 points)

""Curled, also CRISPATED""

C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cristate (10 points)

""Having a projection on the head, also CRISTATED""

C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts

crosstie (10 points)

Beam for rails (2 words)

Part of a railroad track

Transverse railroad timber

C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts

crustose (10 points)

Forming a thin brittle crust

C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

curbside (13 points)

Place to leave your recycling

Trash pickup spot

C·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts

cutinise (10 points)

""To become coated with cutin, also CUTINIZE""

C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

cutpurse (12 points)

Old pickpocket - true cups (anagram)

Pickpocket - set up cru (anagram)

Give new order to put inside evil thief

C·3+U·1+T·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cynosure (13 points)

Object of great interest.

Center of attraction

Centre of attraction

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

cypselae (15 points)

Cypsela

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

cysteine (13 points)

""An amino acid, also CYSTEIN, CYSTINE""

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

cytosine (13 points)

Section prepared includes unknown constituent of DNA

C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 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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