8-letter words containing i, c, l, e, s
- preslice — to slice in advance
- resplice — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- salience — the state or condition of being salient.
- saliency — salience.
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scenical — of or relating to natural scenery.
- schiller — Ferdinand Canning Scott [kan-ing] /ˈkæn ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.
- schimmel — a roan-coloured horse
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- scilicet — to wit; namely.
- scissile — capable of being cut or divided; splitting easily.
- sclereid — a short, thickened plant cell of the sclerenchyma, typically containing branched pits.
- sclerite — any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scofield — (David) Paul. (1922–2008), English stage and film actor
- scolecid — a variety of worm
- scribble — to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding.
- scriggle — to wriggle
- scurrile — scurrilous.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- seleucid — a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- semplice — to be performed in a simple manner
- septical — septic
- sicilies — Two Sicilies.
- sickerly — surely
- sicklied — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- sidalcea — any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae
- sidelock — earlock.
- silenced — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silencer — a person or thing that silences.
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- silicide — a compound of two elements, one of which is silicon.
- silicone — any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- sleswick — Schleswig.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slickest — smooth and glossy; sleek.
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- solecize — to commit a solecism
- solstice — Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- stickley — Gustav [guhs-tahv,, goo s-tahf] /ˈgʌs tɑv,, ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. furniture designer, architect, and leader of the Arts and Craft Movement in America.