8-letter words containing e, c, l
- electron — A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- electros — Plural form of electro.
- electrum — A natural or artificial alloy of gold with at least 20 percent silver, used for jewelry, especially in ancient times.
- elegance — The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner; style.
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- elenchic — elenctic
- elenchus — A logical refutation.
- elenctic — Serving to refute; refutative.
- elflocks — A tangled mass of hair.
- elicited — Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
- elicitor — A person or thing that elicits.
- elliptic — Of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
- emplaced — Simple past tense and past participle of emplace.
- en clair — in ordinary language; not in cipher
- encircle — Form a circle around ; surround.
- enclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enclave.
- enclaves — Plural form of enclave.
- enclined — Obsolete form of inclined.
- enclisis — the state of being enclitic
- enclitic — A word pronounced with so little emphasis that it is shortened and forms part of the preceding word, e.g., n’t in can’t.
- enclosed — Surround or close off on all sides.
- encloser — (now, chiefly, historical) Someone who appropriates common land.
- encloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enclose.
- enclothe — To cover with clothing.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- encradle — to put in a cradle
- ensorcel — Alternative form of ensorcell.
- eolithic — denoting, relating to, or characteristic of the early part of the Stone Age, characterized by the use of crude stone tools
- epically — In an epic manner.
- epicalyx — (botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx.
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
- epicycle — A small circle whose center moves around the circumference of a larger one.
- 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
- erectile — Able to become erect.
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- escalade — The scaling of fortified walls using ladders, as a form of military attack.
- escalate — Increase rapidly.
- escalier — a staircase
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschewal — The act of eschewing.
- escolars — Plural form of escolar.
- 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