8-letter words containing a, l, c, e
- localize — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- locatect — an architect whose buildings are designed to use local materials and labour and which are sensitive to the needs of the local environment and community
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- locavore — a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- lockable — capable of being locked; fitted with a lock: The car has a lockable glove compartment.
- loculate — having one or more locules.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- lovelace — Richard, 1618–56, English poet.
- lucianne — a female given name.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- lumachel — (mineralogy) A grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lycaenid — A member of the taxonomic family 'Lycaenidae'.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- maclaren — Ian [ee-uh n,, ahy-uh n] /ˈi ən,, ˈaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), Watson, John.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- male cow — a bull.
- malecite — a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
- maledict — accursed.
- malefice — a wicked deed or enchantment
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- mameluco — (South America) A child born of a white father and American Indian mother.
- manacled — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- marcella — a female given name.
- marcello — Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1686–1739, Italian composer.
- mcaleese — Mary (Patricia). born 1951, Irish politician; president of Ireland (1997–2011)
- mccauley — Mary Ludwig Hays, real name of Molly Pitcher.
- medallic — of or relating to medals.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- 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.