8-letter words containing e, t, c
- anchoret — anchorite.
- ancients — Plural form of ancient.
- anecdata — anecdotal evidence based on personal observations or opinions, random investigations, etc., but presented as fact: biased arguments supported by anecdata.
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
- anicetus — Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- antecede — to go before, as in time, order, etc; precede
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- antiacne — inhibiting the development of acne
- anticize — to play absurdly, or perform antics
- anticked — Simple past tense and past participle of antic.
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- apatetic — of or relating to coloration that disguises and protects an animal
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apothece — a shop or storehouse
- apricate — to sunbathe or bask in the sun
- apyretic — without fever
- aqueduct — An aqueduct is a long bridge with many arches, which carries a water supply or a canal over a valley.
- arcature — a small-scale arcade
- archetto — a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- argentic — of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- artefact — An artefact is an ornament, tool, or other object that is made by a human being, especially one that is historically or culturally interesting.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- asbestic — relating to asbestos
- ascetics — Plural form of ascetic.
- aspected — (astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- at peace — in a state of harmony or friendship
- atechnic — a person who has no technical or scientific ability or understanding
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- attached — If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much.
- attacher — Someone who attaches.
- attaches — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- attacked — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- attacker — You can refer to a person who attacks someone as their attacker.
- attercop — a spider
- atticize — to conform or adapt to the Attic Greek style of expression, habits, and beliefs
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- azotemic — the accumulation of abnormally large amounts of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, as in uremic poisoning.
- backbeat — the second and fourth beats of a bar written in even time or, in more complex time signatures, the last beat of the bar