8-letter words containing a, c, l, e, i
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- metallic — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- mexicali — a city in and the capital of Baja California, in NW Mexico, on the Mexican-U.S. border.
- micellar — Physical Chemistry. an electrically charged particle formed by an aggregate of molecules and occurring in certain colloidal electrolyte solutions, as those of soaps and detergents.
- midscale — (business) Neither downscale nor upscale.
- millcake — linseed cake.
- millrace — the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- miracles — Plural form of miracle.
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- mucilage — any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- mycelial — Of or pertaining to the mycelium.
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- oil cake — a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.
- palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- pannicle — a thin layer of body tissue
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- 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.
- pile cap — a reinforced or mass concrete connecting beam cast around the head of a group of piles enabling it to act as a single unit to support the imposed load
- pinnacle — a lofty peak.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- re-claim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- relacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
- rocaille — Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- salience — the state or condition of being salient.
- saliency — salience.
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scenical — of or relating to natural scenery.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- septical — septic
- sidalcea — any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.