8-letter words containing d, i, c
- infecund — not fecund; unfruitful; barren.
- injected — to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue: to inject a medicine into the veins.
- invected — noting an edge of a charge, as an ordinary, consisting of a series of small convex curves.
- inviscid — (of a fluid) having no viscosity.
- invoiced — an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- isodicon — (in the Greek Orthodox Church) a short anthem performed while the Gospel is being carried into a church
- isodomic — (of ashlar) composed of stones of uniform size.
- itchweed — a hellebore, Veratrum album, that is native to Europe
- jaundice — Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Compare physiologic jaundice.
- judicare — a federally funded program providing free or low-cost legal services to the poor.
- judicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- karadzic — Radovan [rah-duh-vahn] /ˈrɑ dəˌvɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader, indicted as a war criminal 1995.
- khichadi — Alternative form of khichdi.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- lacertid — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- laicized — Simple past tense and past participle of laicize.
- laidback — Alternative spelling of laid-back.
- laodicea — ancient name of Latakia.
- latticed — having a lattice or latticework.
- licenced — license.
- licensed — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lodicule — one of the specialized scales at the base of the ovary of certain grass flowers.
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lucidity — the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible: She makes her argument with pointed logic and exemplary lucidity.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- lycaenid — A member of the taxonomic family 'Lycaenidae'.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- machilid — jumping bristletail.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- maenadic — (Greek mythology) Of, or pertaining to the maenad.
- magicked — Simple past tense and past participle of magic.
- mailclad — Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armour.
- maledict — accursed.
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- mandalic — Of, or pertaining to, a mandala.
- mandioca — cassava.
- medallic — of or relating to medals.
- medecine — Misspelling of medicine.
- medicaid — a U.S. government program, financed by federal, state, and local funds, of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
- medicals — Plural form of medical.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicare — (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare Medicaid.
- medicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- medicean — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- medician — (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
- medicide — a suicide facilitated by a physician. Compare assisted suicide.
- medicine — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined.