8-letter words containing a, c, e, n
- argentic — of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state
- ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
- ascender — the part of certain lower-case letters, such as b or h, that extends above the body of the letter
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- atechnic — a person who has no technical or scientific ability or understanding
- audience — The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- avicenna — Arabic name ibn-Sina. 980–1037, Arab philosopher and physician whose philosophical writings, which combined Aristotelianism with neo-Platonist ideas, greatly influenced scholasticism, and whose medical work Qanun was the greatest single influence on medieval medicine
- avowance — (obsolete) Act of avowing; avowal.
- back end — autumn
- back-end — (programming) Any software performing either the final stage in a process, or a task not apparent to the user. A common usage is in a compiler. A compiler's back-end generates machine language and performs optimisations specific to the machine's architecture. The term can also be used in the context of network applications. E.g. "The back-end of the system handles socket protocols". Contrast front end.
- backbend — a gymnastic exercise in which the trunk is bent backwards until the hands touch the floor
- backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- backends — Plural form of backend.
- backline — (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit
- baclofen — a muscle-relaxing drug used to treat muscle spasms
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- balanced — A balanced report, book, or other document takes into account all the different opinions on something and presents information in a fair and reasonable way.
- balancer — a person or thing that balances
- balances — Plural form of balance.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- ballance — John. 1839–93, New Zealand statesman, born in Northern Ireland: prime minister of New Zealand (1891–93)
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bechance — to happen (to)
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- beckmann — Ernst Otto (ɛrnst ˈɔːto). 1853–1923, German chemist: devised the Beckmann thermometer, used for measuring small temperature changes in liquids
- beer can — an aluminium can for beer
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- benefact — to be a benefactor to
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- brancher — a young bird which has left the nest but which is not yet fully able to fly
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.