8-letter words containing a, b, e, c
- liberace — (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) 1919–87, U.S. pianist and entertainer.
- lie back — sb: recline
- lockable — capable of being locked; fitted with a lock: The car has a lockable glove compartment.
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- mancozeb — A grayish-yellow pesticide.
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- micawber — a person who idles and trusts to fortune
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- packable — suitable for packing, especially for travel: readily packable clothes.
- pb cache — Pipeline Burst Cache
- pea crab — any of several tiny crabs of the family Pinnotheridae, the female of which lives as a commensal in the shells of bivalve mollusks.
- peccable — liable to sin or error.
- placable — capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.
- raceable — (of a racecourse) fit to be used for racing
- re-brace — to steady or strengthen (something) again
- re-cable — a heavy, strong rope.
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- rib cage — the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rockabye — used in lullabies or nursery rhymes to encourage a baby to sleep
- sackable — offence: justifying loss of job
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- scalable — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- scarabee — the scarab beetle or any beetle in the family Scarabaeidae
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- scrabble — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- seabeach — a beach lying along a sea or ocean.
- seatback — the back support of a seat in an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- skewback — a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- spacelab — a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- subscale — a scale within a scale
- subspace — a smaller space within a main area that has been divided or subdivided: The jewelry shop occupies a subspace in the hotel's lobby.
- takeback — something taken back or withdrawn, especially an employee benefit previously gained in a union contract; takeaway.
- the crab — the constellation Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac
- trackbed — the foundation on which railway tracks are laid