8-letter words containing a, c, i, e
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- actively — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- actives' — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- activise — to make active; activate.
- activize — to make active
- acuities — sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind.
- addicted — Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
- aeacides — a patronymic for any of the descendants of Aeacus, as Achilles, Peleus, and Telamon.
- aecidial — relating to or resembling an aecidium
- aecidium — an aecium
- aedicula — aedicule.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- aetheric — ether (defs 3–5).
- affiance — to bind (a person or oneself) in a promise of marriage; betroth
- agacerie — allurement, enticement, enchantment, coquetry
- agencies — Plural form of agency.
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airscape — a view of the land or sea below from the air
- airscrew — an aircraft propeller
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- akinetic — without motion, unmoving
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- alcaides — Plural form of alcaide.
- alcestis — the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
- alchemic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchuine — (Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- alcidine — of, relating to, or belonging to the Alcidae, a family of sea birds including the auks, guillemots, puffins, and related forms
- alcimede — the mother of Jason.
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- aleichem — Sholom, real name Solomon Rabinowitz. 1859–1916, US Jewish writer, born in Russia. His works include Tevye the Milkman, which was adapted for the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- algicide — any substance that kills algae
- alicante — a port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est)
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- allspice — Allspice is a powder used as a spice in cooking, which is made from the berries of a tropical American tree.
- alopecia — loss of hair, esp on the head; baldness
- alopecic — bald
- altrices — altricial birds
- ambiance — the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
- ambience — The ambience of a place is the character and atmosphere that it seems to have.
- amercing — Present participle of amerce.