8-letter words containing s, o, c, e
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- 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
- escorted — With or having an escort.
- escrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of escrow.
- esoteric — Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
- eteocles — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta. He expelled his brother Polynices from Thebes; they killed each other in single combat when Polynices returned as leader of the Seven against Thebes
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- excision — The deletion of some text during editing.
- excitons — Plural form of exciton.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
- exorcise — Drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit ) from a person or place.
- exorcism — The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
- exorcist — A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fetlocks — Plural form of fetlock.
- floccose — Botany. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.
- floscule — a floret; a single blossom of a composite flower
- flounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
- fo'c'sle — a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.
- focussed — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- focusses — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- forclose — Alternative form of foreclose.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forensic — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forinsec — foreign
- fornices — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- frescoed — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- frescoer — a person who paints in fresco
- frescoes — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fuculose — (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose.
- gascogne — Gascony
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- geodesic — Also, geodesical. pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces, in which geodesic lines take the place of the straight lines of plane geometry.
- geoducks — Plural form of geoduck.
- georgics — Plural form of georgic.
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- hencoops — Plural form of hencoop.
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.