8-letter words containing i, c, e
- benzylic — relating to benzyl
- berenice — a feminine name
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- bernicle — barnacle goose: a N European goose that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- bichrome — having two colours
- biconvex — (of a lens) having convex faces on both sides; convexo-convex
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biocycle — the cycling of chemicals through the biosphere
- biogenic — produced or originating from a living organism
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- birkbeck — George. 1776–1841, British educationalist, who helped to establish vocational training for working men: founder and first president of the London Mechanics Institute (1824), which later became Birkbeck College
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- bitchery — spiteful talk
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blue ice — the oldest and densest ice in a glacier, distinguished by a pale-blue color.
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- boadicea — Boudicca
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- c-interp — An interpreter for a small subset of C, originally part of a communications package.
- c-refine — A preprocessor for C and languages with similar syntax by Lutz Prechelt <[email protected]>. C-Refine allows symbolic naming of code fragments so as to redistribute complexity and provide running commentary. Version 3.0 is available from comp.sources.reviewed archives. It is highly portable and has been ported to Unix, MS-DOS, Atari, Amiga.
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- cachexia — a generally weakened condition of body or mind resulting from any debilitating chronic disease
- cachexic — cachetic
- caciques — Plural form of cacique.
- caddised — trimmed with caddis
- cadherin — (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
- cadinene — (organic compound) Any of a group of isomeric sesquiterpenes found in juniper essential oil.
- caecitis — an inflammation of the caecum
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating
- caesuric — caesural
- caffeine — Caffeine is a chemical substance found in coffee, tea, and cocoa, which affects your brain and body and makes you more active.
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- cagebird — A bird kept in a cage.
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.