8-letter words containing a, s, c, r
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- infracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract.
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- isobaric — Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- isocracy — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- issachar — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:18.
- jacamars — Plural form of jacamar.
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- keramics — ceramics.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- lacquers — Plural form of lacquer.
- lacrosse — a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- locators — Plural form of locator.
- macarise — congratulate
- macarism — Happiness as a result of praise.
- macarons — Plural form of macaron.
- macassar — a seaport on SW Sulawesi (Celebes), in central Indonesia.
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- marascas — Plural form of marasca.
- marasmic — malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability.
- marchers — Plural form of marcher.
- marchesa — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchese — an Italian nobleman, equivalent in rank to a marquis.
- mascaron — mask (def 11).
- massacer — Archaic form of massacre.
- massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- matrices — something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- mcmaster — John Bach, 1852–1932, U.S. historian and educator.
- mesaraic — (anatomy) mesenteric.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- minicars — Plural form of minicar.
- miracles — Plural form of miracle.
- miscarry — to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- mistrace — to trace incorrectly
- mistrack — To track incorrectly.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- muscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- narcissi — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- narcosis — a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nmr scan — a medical examination performed with an MR scanner.