8-letter words containing d, e, c, i
- encoding — (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- endemics — Plural form of endemic.
- endermic — (medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
- endozoic — (of a plant) living within an animal
- enneadic — Of, relating to, or being an ennead.
- enriched — Simple past tense and past participle of enrich.
- epidemic — A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
- episodic — Containing or consisting of a series of loosely connected parts or events.
- eurydice — a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
- evidence — The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
- exceding — Present participle of excede.
- exciding — Present participle of excide.
- famacide — a person who destroys another's reputation; a defamer or slanderer.
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- femicide — the act of killing a woman, as by a domestic partner or a member of a criminal enterprise: The rate of femicide where there is drug trafficking is far greater than it is elsewhere.
- feticide — the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filicide — a person who kills his or her son or daughter.
- financed — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- flinched — to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
- fudgicle — An ice-cream (on a stick) flavoured with fudge.
- gadhelic — 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.
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- geodesic — Also, geodesical. pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces, in which geodesic lines take the place of the straight lines of plane geometry.
- geodetic — pertaining to geodesy.
- glitched — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- glucides — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- 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.
- grimaced — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- hacienda — a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helideck — (nautical) A platform (on a vessel or offshore structure) on which helicopters may land and take off.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hepcidin — A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- hiccuped — Simple past tense and past participle of hiccup.
- hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.
- ice dock — an enclosed basin in icy waters in which a vessel may lie to avoid being crushed.
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- ice-cold — cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.