8-letter words containing a, c, e, t, i
- enaction — The process of enacting something.
- enactive — Having power to enact or establish as a law.
- entastic — characterized by spasms
- epitaxic — relating to epitaxy
- epitheca — (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- ergastic — consisting of the non-living by-products of protoplasmic activity
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- erratick — Obsolete form of erratic.
- erratics — Plural form of erratic.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- estancia — A cattle ranch in Latin America or the southwestern US.
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- exacting — Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
- exaction — The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment or service.
- excitant — able to excite or stimulate
- excitate — (obsolete) To excite.
- exitance — (physics) Flux (of radiation).
- facelift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- facetiae — Pornographic literature.
- facetime — Alternative form of face time.
- faceting — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- fanciest — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- fasciate — bound with a band, fillet, or bandage.
- fast ice — ice that is frozen to, grounded on, or attached to the bottom of an area covered by shallow water.
- felicita — a female given name, form of Felicia.
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- fichtean — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Johann Fichte.
- fractile — (statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
- gangetic — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- gelastic — Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
- glaciate — to cover with ice or glaciers.
- haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- hellicat — an evil creature
- hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hiccatee — a fresh-water tortoise native to the Caribbean
- hieratic — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- iced tea — chilled black tea, often sweetened and flavoured with lemon juice
- impacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- incanted — Simple past tense and past participle of incant.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- increate — not created; uncreated.