8-letter words containing a, b, e, c
- costable — For which a monetary cost may be assessed.
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crabmeat — Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat.
- crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
- cravable — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- crew cab — A crew cab is a cab in a vehicle such as a fire engine that has been extended with a second row of seats to carry additional crew.
- cribbage — a game of cards for two to four, in which players try to win a set number of points before their opponents
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cue ball — the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- cyberwar — The use of computers to disrupt the activities of an enemy country, especially the deliberate attacking of communication systems.
- cyclable — fit or designed for bicycle riding: a cyclable road.
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- debacles — Plural form of debacle.
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- die back — If a plant dies back, its leaves die but its roots remain alive.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- ecbatana — an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
- educable — capable of being educated.
- embraced — Hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection.
- embracer — A person who embraces.
- embraces — Plural form of embrace.
- evocable — That can be evoked.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- face bow — a device for determining the relationship of the maxillae to the mandibular joint.
- face-bow — a device for determining the relationship of the maxillae to the mandibular joint.
- faceable — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- facebook — A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals\u2019 photographs and names.
- feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- giveback — (in union negotiations) a reduction in employee wages or benefits conceded by a union in exchange for other benefits or in recognition of depressed economic conditions: Givebacks have not slowed the number of shutdowns.
- gladbeck — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, W central Germany.
- greyback — grayback.
- hackable — (computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- jacobean — of or relating to James I of England or to his period.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- kickable — Capable, or deserving of being kicked.
- la ceiba — a seaport in N Honduras.
- lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.