8-letter words containing n, i, e, c
- licenses — Plural form of license.
- licensor — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lichenin — a white, gelatinous, polysaccharide starch, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from various lichens.
- liebchen — A person who is very dear to another (often used as a term of endearment).
- ligeance — Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- limacine — pertaining to or resembling a slug; sluglike.
- limnetic — pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- line cut — an engraving consisting only of lines or areas that are solid black or white. Compare halftone (def 2).
- linoleic — of or derived from linoleic acid.
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- lucianne — a female given name.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lycaenid — A member of the taxonomic family 'Lycaenidae'.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- macneice — Louis, 1907–63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland.
- maenadic — (Greek mythology) Of, or pertaining to the maenad.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- manichee — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manicure — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- mcintire — Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- mcintyre — James Francis Aloysius, 1886–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal from 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948–70.
- mckenzie — Robert Tait [teyt] /teɪt/ (Show IPA), 1867–1938, Canadian physician, educator, and sculptor.
- mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- mckinney — a city in NE Texas.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- meconium — the first fecal excretion of a newborn child, composed chiefly of bile, mucus, and epithelial cells.
- medecine — Misspelling of medicine.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicean — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- medician — (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
- medicine — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined.
- menacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- meniscus — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- mexicano — the Nahuatl language.
- michelin — André (ɑ̃dre). 1853–1931, French industrialist; founder, with his brother Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), of the Michelin Tyre Company (1888): the first to use demountable pneumatic tyres on motor vehicles
- michener — (Daniel) Roland, 1900–91, Canadian public official and diplomat: governor general 1967–74.
- midocean — The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.
- milicent — a female given name.
- miscegen — a person of mixed race
- mixtecan — a branch of a family of American Indian languages spoken in central Mexico
- mnemonic — assisting or intended to assist the memory.