8-letter words containing d, i, c
- feticide — the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.
- fiducial — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- 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.
- filmcard — microfiche.
- 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.
- fluidics — the technology dealing with the use of a flowing liquid or gas in various devices, especially controls, to perform functions usually performed by an electric current in electronic devices.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- 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.
- gioconda — Mona Lisa.
- glitched — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- glucides — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- glucidic — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- 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.
- goodrich — Samuel Griswold [griz-wuh ld,, -wohld,, -wawld] /ˈgrɪz wəld,, -woʊld,, -wɔld/ (Show IPA), ("Peter Parley") 1793–1860, U.S. author and publisher.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- grimaced — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- hacienda — a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- haggadic — a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- 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.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- 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.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.