8-letter words containing o, e, i, c
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- popsicle — ice lolly
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- racemoid — racemic
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- recision — an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- recommit — to commit again.
- renotice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- resorcin — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- retinoic — containing or derived from retinoid
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- rice box — (jargon) (From ham radio slang) Any Asian-made commodity computer, especially an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA or EISA-bus standards.
- rickover — Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- rocaille — Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scofield — (David) Paul. (1922–2008), English stage and film actor
- scolecid — a variety of worm
- scotties — Scottish terrier.
- scroggie — having scrogs upon it
- seicento — the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- semicoma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semiotic — of or relating to signs.
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- sidelock — earlock.
- 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.
- siscowet — a variety of lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush siscowet, inhabiting the deeper waters of Lake Superior.
- sixscore — one hundred and twenty
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- snow ice — opaque ice formed from partly melted snow or ice; frozen slush.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.