8-letter words containing a, c, e
- accoutre — to provide with equipment or dress, esp military
- accredit — If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- accresce — (rare, intransitive) To accrue.
- accreted — to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
- accretes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrete.
- accurate — careful and exact
- accurize — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- accursed — Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
- accuseds — charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc.: the accused boy.
- accusers — Plural form of accuser.
- accusive — Accusative.
- ace-high — esteemed; respected
- aceldama — the place near Jerusalem that was bought with the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19)
- acentric — without a centre
- acephate — a white solid compound, C 4 H 10 NO 3 PS, used as an insecticide against a wide range of plant pests, including aphids, budworms, and tent caterpillars.
- aceramic — not producing pottery: an aceramic South American culture.
- acerated — having sharp points
- acerbate — to embitter or exasperate
- acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
- acervate — growing in heaps or clusters
- acervuli — Plural form of acervulus.
- acescent — slightly sour or turning sour
- acetated — treated with acetic acid
- acetates — Plural form of acetate.
- acetonic — Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone.
- acetoxyl — a medicine used to treat acne, with benzoyl peroxide as it active ingredient
- acetylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the acetyl group.
- achelous — a river god who changed into a snake and a bull while fighting Hercules but was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns
- achenese — Atjehnese.
- achenium — (botany) achene.
- achernar — the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus, visible only in the S hemisphere. Visual magnitude: 0.5; spectral type: B3V; distance: 144 light years
- achieved — Reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage.
- achiever — A high achiever is someone who is successful in their studies or their work, usually as a result of their efforts. A low achiever is someone who achieves less than those around them.
- achieves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve.
- achillea — any plant of the N temperate genus Achillea, with white, yellow, or purple flowers, some species of which are widely grown as garden plants: family Asteraceae (composites)
- achilles — Greek hero, the son of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis: in the Iliad the foremost of the Greek warriors at the siege of Troy. While he was a baby his mother plunged him into the river Styx making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him. After slaying Hector, he was killed by Paris who wounded him in the heel
- achinese — Atjehnese.
- achiness — a constant, dull pain
- achroite — the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- aciculae — Plural form of acicula.
- acid dye — a dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion usually applied from an acidic solution
- acidemia — a state of abnormally high acidity of the blood due to an increase in hydrogen ions
- acidemic — Alternative form of acidaemic.
- acidhead — a person who uses LSD
- acidness — Acidity, sourness.
- acierage — the process of iron-plating metal by means of voltaic electricity
- acierate — to change (iron) into steel
- ack-emma — in the morning; a.m
- acknowne — aware
- acoelous — not having a true digestive tract