8-letter words containing c, o, e, l, i
- domicile — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- eclogite — a rock consisting of a granular aggregate of green pyroxene and red garnet, often containing kyanite, silvery mica, quartz, and pyrite.
- eclosion — the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- ecologic — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- election — A formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
- elicitor — A person or thing that elicits.
- eolithic — denoting, relating to, or characteristic of the early part of the Stone Age, characterized by the use of crude stone tools
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- epilogic — relating to an epilogue
- epiploic — relating to the epiploon
- epipolic — relating to epipolism
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- fecolith — A calcified fecal deposit.
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- flection — the act of bending.
- focalize — Focus (something), in particular.
- follicle — Anatomy. a small cavity, sac, or gland. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle.
- forcible — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- geologic — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- helicopt — to fly or transport using a helicopter
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- ice floe — a large flat mass of floating ice.
- ice-cold — cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.
- ice-cool — If you describe someone as ice-cool, you admire them because they are calm and do not show emotion in difficult situations.
- iceblock — An ice block, a block of ice.
- icy pole — an ice cream or water ice on a stick
- idiolect — The speech habits peculiar to a particular person.
- inclosed — enclose.
- incloser — Archaic form of encloser.
- incloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inclose.
- indocile — not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
- isocline — a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- jellicoe — John Rushworth [ruhsh-wurth] /ˈrʌʃ wɜrθ/ (Show IPA), 1st Earl, 1859–1935, British admiral.
- laodicea — ancient name of Latakia.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- leucosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- leukotic — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.