8-letter words containing y, c, l, e
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- lecythus — (in ancient Greece) a vase with a narrow neck
- leniency — the quality or state of being lenient.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- literacy — the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- louchely — in an oblique or shifty manner
- lycaenid — A member of the taxonomic family 'Lycaenidae'.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lyricise — to write lyrics.
- lyricize — to write lyrics.
- lysergic — Used in designation of lysergic acid, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- mccauley — Mary Ludwig Hays, real name of Molly Pitcher.
- mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- mycelial — Of or pertaining to the mycelium.
- mycelium — the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus.
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- oecology — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- overcloy — to weary with excess
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- precycle — to make purchasing decisions that will ultimately delay, reduce, or eliminate the need to recycle or dispose of waste: One way you can precycle is by buying food in bulk, so there's less packaging to throw away.
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.
- recently — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
- rectally — of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recycler — to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
- red clay — a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saliency — salience.
- scarcely — barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- scullery — a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- secretly — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- securely — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
- sickerly — surely
- solvency — solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
- 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.
- symploce — the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
- syncline — a synclinal fold.