8-letter words containing a, c, h, e, l
- gauchely — In a gauche manner.
- hackable — (computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halfpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
- halluces — the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
- hatchels — Plural form of hatchel.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- heliacal — pertaining to or occurring near the sun, especially applied to such risings and settings of a star as are most nearly coincident with those of the sun while yet visible.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- hellicat — an evil creature
- heraclea — an ancient city in S Italy, near the Gulf of Taranto: Roman defeat 280 b.c.
- heracles — Hercules (def 1).
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- impleach — to intertwine
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- klatches — Plural form of klatch.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- l1 cache — primary cache
- l2 cache — secondary cache
- la-chute — French La Chute. a novel (1957) by Albert Camus.
- lachaise — Gaston [gas-tuh n;; French ga-stawn] /ˈgæs tən;; French gaˈstɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
- lachesis — the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- leachate — a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lecithal — having a yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- lifehack — Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity; a hack: a lifehack for overcoming social anxiety; a computer programmer's best lifehacks.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- lumachel — (mineralogy) A grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- phacelia — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Phacelia, of the waterleaf family, chiefly of the western U.S. and Mexico, having clusters of violet, blue, or white flowers.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- pleached — having interlaced stems or boughs
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.