8-letter words containing a, n, e, c
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- iterance — iteration.
- jacinthe — a yellowish orange
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jacobean — of or relating to James I of England or to his period.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- jaundice — Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Compare physiologic jaundice.
- jerrican — Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
- jerrycan — A large, flat -sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water.
- joncanoe — a Caribbean Christmas ceremony or dance
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- lacerant — painfully distressing; harrowing
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- laciness — a lacy quality or state
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- lacunule — a small lacuna.
- laitance — a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lancelet — any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- lancelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lanceted — having lancet-headed openings.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- landrace — one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- larcener — a person who commits larceny.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- laurence — a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
- lecanora — any of various crustaceous lichens of the genus Lecanora, some of which are eaten and some of which are used in dyeing
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- leucaena — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, which includes the lead tree.
- ligeance — Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- limacine — pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- lucianne — a female given name.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.