8-letter words containing l, a, s, c
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- sprackle — to clamber or scramble upwards
- statical — pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stsc apl — Implementation of APL by Scientific Time-Sharing Corporation
- subclaim — a claim that is part of a larger claim
- subclass — a primary division of a class.
- subscale — a scale within a scale
- subucula — (in ancient Rome) an undergarment or subtunic worn by men;
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- sulindac — a yellow crystalline substance, C 2 0 H 1 7 FO 3 S, that is used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of certain rheumatic diseases.
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sunscald — injury to the leaves, bark, or underlying tissues of woody plants due to the combined effects of heat, humidity, and intense sunshine.
- surgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- syllabic — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- synalgic — referred pain.
- syncopal — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- syndical — of or relating to a union of persons engaged in a particular trade.
- tackless — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- tactless — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
- telecast — a television broadcast.
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- to scale — in correct proportion, at actual size
- toolcase — a case in which tools are kept
- tusculan — an ancient city of Latium, SE of Rome: Roman villas, especially that of Cicero.
- unclassy — not classy; lacking in good taste or sense; crude: Always being late for appointments is unclassy.
- unscaled — noting armor having imbricated metal plates sewn to a flexible backing.
- unsocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vasculum — a kind of case or box used by botanists for carrying specimens as they are collected.
- vassalic — of, relating to, or resembling a vassal or vassalage.
- vaucluse — a department in SE France. 1382 sq. mi. (3580 sq. km). Capital: Avignon.
- victuals — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- visceral — of or relating to the viscera.
- visicalc — (application, tool, business, history) /vi'zi-calk/ The first spreadsheet program, conceived in 1978 by Dan Bricklin, while he was an MBA student at Harvard Business School. Inspired by a demonstration given by Douglas Engelbart of a point-and-click user interface, Bricklin set out to design an application that would combine the intuitiveness of pencil and paper calculations with the power of a programmable pocket calculator. Bricklin's design was based on the (paper) financial spreadsheet, a kind of document already used in business planning. (Some of Bricklin's notes for VisiCalc were scribbled on the back of a spreadsheet pad.) VisiCalc was probably not the first application to use a spreadsheet model, but it did have a number of original features, all of which continue to be fundamental to spreadsheet software. These include point-and-type editing, range replication and formulas that update automatically with changes to other cells. VisiCalc is widely credited with creating the sudden demand for desktop computers that helped fuel the microcomputer boom of the early 1980s. Thousands of business people with little or no technical expertise found that they could use VisiCalc to create sophisticated financial programs. This makes VisiCalc one of the first killer apps.
- vocalese — a style of jazz singing
- vocalics — the non-verbal aspects of voice creation
- vocalise — a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
- vocalism — Phonetics. a vowel, diphthong, triphthong, or vowel quality, as in a syllable. the system of vowels of a language.
- vocalist — a singer.
- volscian — of or relating to the Volsci or to their language.
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- wildcats — Plural form of wildcat.
- woolsack — a sack or bag of wool.
- yolk sac — an extraembryonic membrane that encloses the yolk of eggs in birds, reptiles, and marsupials and that circulates nourishment from the yolk to the developing embryo.