8-letter words containing c, l, a, s, i, e
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- fascicle — a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- gelastic — Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
- glaciers — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- lachaise — Gaston [gas-tuh n;; French ga-stawn] /ˈgæs tən;; French gaˈstɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
- lachesis — the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- laciness — a lacy quality or state
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- lattices — Plural form of lattice.
- legacies — Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- localise — (transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- midscale — (business) Neither downscale nor upscale.
- miracles — Plural form of miracle.
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- salience — the state or condition of being salient.
- saliency — salience.
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scenical — of or relating to natural scenery.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- septical — septic
- sidalcea — any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- 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.
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- visceral — of or relating to the viscera.
- vocalise — a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.