8-letter words containing l, e, c
- allecret — a half suit of light plate armor.
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- alleycat — a homeless cat that roams in back streets
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- allocher — any of the variant forms of a chereme.
- allocute — (chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
- allspice — Allspice is a powder used as a spice in cooking, which is made from the berries of a tropical American tree.
- alopecia — loss of hair, esp on the head; baldness
- alopecic — bald
- altrices — altricial birds
- amelcorn — a variety of wheat used to produce starch
- amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
- analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
- analecta — Analects.
- analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
- anconeal — Of or pertaining to the elbow.
- angelica — Angelica is the candied stems of the angelica plant which can be used in making cakes or sweets.
- angelico — Fra (fra), original name Guido di Pietro; monastic name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. ?1400–55, Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar
- anyplace — Anyplace means the same as anywhere.
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- archaeal — relating to or involving the order Archaea
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- 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
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- axle cap — a cap that covers the end of an axle
- aycliffe — a town in Co Durham: founded as a new town in 1947. Pop (including Newton Aycliffe): 25 655 (2001)
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- backfile — the archives of a newspaper or magazine
- backheel — (soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
- backless — A backless dress leaves most of a woman's back uncovered down to her waist.
- backline — (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.
- backveld — (in South Africa) a remote, sparsely populated, and often primitive area
- baclofen — a muscle-relaxing drug used to treat muscle spasms
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- balanced — A balanced report, book, or other document takes into account all the different opinions on something and presents information in a fair and reasonable way.
- balancer — a person or thing that balances
- balances — Plural form of balance.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- balearic — of or relating to the Balearic Islands
- ball ice — floating balls of slushy ice formed at sea.
- ballance — John. 1839–93, New Zealand statesman, born in Northern Ireland: prime minister of New Zealand (1891–93)