8-letter words containing t, c, e, l
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- scilicet — to wit; namely.
- sclerite — any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- scrattle — to scratch
- scuttled — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- scuttler — someone or something that scuttles
- secretly — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selectee — one selected by draft for service in one of the armed forces.
- selector — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- septical — septic
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- slickest — smooth and glossy; sleek.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- solstice — Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- stickley — Gustav [guhs-tahv,, goo s-tahf] /ˈgʌs tɑv,, ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. furniture designer, architect, and leader of the Arts and Craft Movement in America.
- strickle — a straightedge used for sweeping off heaped-up grain to the level of the rim of a measure.
- switchel — a drink of molasses and water, plus ginger or rum; treacle beer
- tackless — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- tactless — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
- tailrace — the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- technol. — technological
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- telecast — a television broadcast.
- telechir — a robot arm controlled by a human operator
- telecine — equipment used mainly by television studios for converting film images to signals suitable for television transmission.
- telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
- telergic — relating to telergy
- telestic — relating to a hierophant
- telluric — of or containing tellurium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- tentacle — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- teocalli — a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
- testicle — testis.
- tetchily — irritable; touchy.
- thetical — positive; dogmatic.
- ticklace — (in Newfoundland) a kittiwake
- tie clip — clasp for securing a necktie
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- to scale — in correct proportion, at actual size
- toe clip — a device attached to a bicycle pedal that grips the front part of the rider's shoe to keep the foot from slipping off the pedal.
- toolcase — a case in which tools are kept
- topolect — the dialects of a specific area collectively, constituting a variety of a language.
- tracheal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or connected with the trachea or tracheae.