8-letter words containing c, a, r, i, e
- reactive — tending to react.
- readdict — to cause (a person) to become addicted to something again
- reaginic — relating to or caused by a reagin, or functioning as a reagin
- recamier — Madame (Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard) 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.
- recaning — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- repacify — to pacify again
- replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
- retiracy — retirement
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rib cage — the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.
- rice rat — any rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail, especially O. palustris, inhabiting rice fields and marshes of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
- ricercar — Music. a chiefly polyphonic instrumental form of the 16th and 17th centuries closely resembling the vocal motet in structure and style.
- riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- 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.
- sarcinae — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scariest — causing fright or alarm.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- semiarch — a half arch.
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sericate — sericeous; silky.
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- suricate — a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- tailrace — the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- terceira — an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- tetracid — a base or alcohol containing four hydroxyl groups.
- tetradic — relating to something that has a group of four
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- theatric — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
- timecard — a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- tracheid — an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
- trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
- tractile — capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- tractive — having or exerting traction; drawing.
- trematic — (of fish) relating to gill slits
- trifecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first three finishers in exact order.
- urticate — to sting with or as if with nettles.
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
- variceal — of or relating to a varix
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- veracity — habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.