8-letter words containing a, n, c, e, s
- fiancees — Plural form of fiancee.
- finances — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- gascogne — Gascony
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- haunches — the hip.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- insectan — Of or relating to insects.
- instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- laciness — a lacy quality or state
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- macanese — a native or inhabitant of Macao.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- maecenas — Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- nacelles — Plural form of nacelle.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- nascence — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- nascency — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- netscape — 1. Netscape Navigator. 2. Netscape Communications Corporation.
- newscast — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- notecase — billfold.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- pancreas — a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- pastance — an activity that passes time; recreation
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- raciness — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reascent — a further ascent
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.