8-letter words containing c, e
- advancer — a person or thing that advances.
- advances — personal overtures made in an attempt to become friendly, gain a favour, etc
- advected — Simple past tense and past participle of advect.
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- aeacides — a patronymic for any of the descendants of Aeacus, as Achilles, Peleus, and Telamon.
- aecidial — relating to or resembling an aecidium
- aecidium — an aecium
- aedicula — aedicule.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- aetheric — ether (defs 3–5).
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- affecter — a person who makes a real or pretence show of liking, being, or knowing something
- affiance — to bind (a person or oneself) in a promise of marriage; betroth
- agaçante — irritating
- agacerie — allurement, enticement, enchantment, coquetry
- agencies — Plural form of agency.
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- aglycone — a chemical compound
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- aguacate — an avocado
- air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airscape — a view of the land or sea below from the air
- airscrew — an aircraft propeller
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- akinetic — without motion, unmoving
- albacete — a city in SE Spain: metal goods manufacturing. Pop: 155 142 (2003 est)
- albacore — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- alcahest — the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
- alcaides — Plural form of alcaide.
- alcandre — the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- alcestis — the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
- alchemic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchevsk — a city in E Ukraine. Pop: 117 000 (2005 est)
- alchuine — (Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- alcidine — of, relating to, or belonging to the Alcidae, a family of sea birds including the auks, guillemots, puffins, and related forms
- alcimede — the mother of Jason.
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- alcmaeon — a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.
- alebench — a bench inside or in front of an alehouse
- aleichem — Sholom, real name Solomon Rabinowitz. 1859–1916, US Jewish writer, born in Russia. His works include Tevye the Milkman, which was adapted for the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- alfresco — An alfresco activity, especially a meal, is one that takes place in the open air.