8-letter words containing e, c, l
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- larcener — a person who commits larceny.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- latticed — having a lattice or latticework.
- lattices — Plural form of lattice.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- laurence — a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- le carre — John (David John Moore Cornwell) born 1931, English author of spy novels.
- leachate — a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
- lecanora — any of various crustaceous lichens of the genus Lecanora, some of which are eaten and some of which are used in dyeing
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lechered — Simple past tense and past participle of lecher.
- lecithal — having a yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- lecithin — Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- lecterns — Plural form of lectern.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- lectress — a female reader
- lectured — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- lecturer — a person who lectures.
- lectures — Plural form of lecture.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- lecythus — (in ancient Greece) a vase with a narrow neck
- leechdom — a remedy
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- legacies — Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- lemnisci — Plural form of lemniscus.
- lenience — the quality or state of being lenient.
- leniency — the quality or state of being lenient.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- lenticel — a body of cells formed on the periderm of a stem, appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot, and serving as a pore.
- lenticle — a window in a clock case revealing the motion of the pendulum bob.
- leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lettuces — Plural form of lettuce.
- leucaena — any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Leucaena, of the legume family, which includes the lead tree.
- leucemia — leukemia.
- leucemic — leukemic
- 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.
- leukemic — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- 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.
- leuricus — Leofric.