8-letter words containing cen
- decenary — of or relating to a tithing
- decennia — a period of ten years; a decade.
- decenter — to cause to undergo a shift away from what has been its traditional center, focus, orientation, or emphasis
- decently — conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decentre — to take away a temporary support from
- descends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descend.
- descents — Plural form of descent.
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- duecento — the 13th century, with reference to Italy, especially to its art or literature.
- epicenes — Plural form of epicene.
- holocene — recent (def 4).
- incensed — an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- incenser — One who instigates or incites.
- incenses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incense.
- incensor — an incense burner; censer
- incented — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- incenter — the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- incentre — the centre of an inscribed circle
- indecent — offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar: indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior.
- innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
- larcener — a person who commits larceny.
- licenced — license.
- licencee — a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- licences — Plural form of licence.
- licensed — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- licenser — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licenses — Plural form of license.
- licensor — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- maecenas — Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- milicent — a female given name.
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- nascence — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- nascency — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- niceness — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- parcener — a joint heir; coheir.
- peacenet — One of the IGC networks. PeaceNet serves peace and social justice advocates around the world in such areas as human rights, disarmament, and international relations. A number of alternative news services provide a range of information about these and other topics from around the world. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://igc.apc.org/.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- per cent — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- piacenza — a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- piecener — (formerly, in cotton or woollen mills) someone (often a child) whose job was to join broken threads together
- placenta — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- pliocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 10 to 2 million years ago, and characterized by increased size and numbers of mammals, by the growth of mountains, and by global climatic cooling.
- precents — to lead as a precentor in singing.
- pulicene — flea-ridden
- reaccent — to accent again
- reascend — to ascend again
- reascent — a further ascent
- recensor — someone who produces a recension or recensions