8-letter words containing s, c, a, r
- erratics — Plural form of erratic.
- escalier — a staircase
- escapers — Plural form of escaper.
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- escolars — Plural form of escolar.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- escurial — Escorial
- etruscan — a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 bc
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
- extracts — Plural form of extract.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- fanciers — Plural form of fancier.
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- flatcars — Plural form of flatcar.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forslack — to neglect or be neglectful
- frackers — Plural form of fracker.
- fractals — Plural form of fractal.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- francais — (borrowed) The French language.
- frascati — a fruity white wine from Rome.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- gaiseric — Genseric.
- gastrick — Obsolete form of gastric.
- gearcase — a protective casing for the gear mechanism of a vehicle or piece of machinery
- glaciers — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- gracchus — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- gracilis — a muscle in the inner side of the thigh, the action of which assists in drawing the legs inward and in bending the knee.
- gracioso — a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- grackles — Plural form of grackle.
- graecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- grimaces — Make a grimace.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- hachures — Short parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- hayracks — Plural form of hayrack.
- hectares — Plural form of hectare.
- heracles — Hercules (def 1).
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.