8-letter words containing EC
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter EC. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate EC within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| security | 13 | defense against financial failure; financial independence | his pension gave him security in his old age |
| director | 11 | the person who leads a musical group | - |
| decision | 11 | the act of making up your mind about something | the burden of decision was his |
| received | 14 | conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers | received standard English is sometimes called the King's English |
| recently | 13 | in the recent past | he was in Paris recently |
| expected | 20 | considered likely or probable to happen or arrive | prepared for the expected attack |
| becoming | 15 | according with custom or propriety | her becoming modesty |
| precious | 12 | obviously contrived to charm | an insufferably precious performance |
| directly | 14 | in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | he didn't answer directly |
| specific | 17 | a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | - |
| electric | 12 | using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | electric current |
| directed | 12 | manageable by a supervising agent | a directed program of study |
| recorded | 12 | (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register | recorded holders of a stock |
| election | 10 | a vote to select the winner of a position or political office | the results of the election will be announced tonight |
| infected | 14 | containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms | - |
| necklace | 16 | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) | - |
| economic | 14 | using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness | an economic use of home heating oil |
| affected | 17 | speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | - |
| rejected | 18 | rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | - |
| executed | 18 | put to death as punishment | claimed the body of the executed traitor |
| secretly | 13 | in secrecy; not openly | met secretly to discuss the invasion plans |
| declared | 12 | declared as fact; explicitly stated | - |
| recovery | 16 | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | - |
| deceased | 12 | someone who is no longer alive | - |
| respects | 12 | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem | he paid his respects to the mayor |
| barbecue | 14 | meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce | - |
| selected | 11 | chosen in preference to another | - |
| mechanic | 17 | a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | - |
| deceived | 15 | - | - |
| prophecy | 20 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | - |
| recorder | 11 | someone responsible for keeping records | - |
| reckless | 14 | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans |
| secondly | 14 | in the second place | - |
| peculiar | 12 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves |
| imbecile | 14 | having a mental age of three to seven years | - |
| precinct | 14 | a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | - |
| detected | 12 | perceived or discerned | the detected micrometeoritic material |
| specimen | 14 | a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes | they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis |
| erection | 10 | the act of building or putting up | - |
| deciding | 13 | the cognitive process of reaching a decision | - |
| paycheck | 24 | a check issued in payment of wages or salary | - |
| insecure | 10 | lacking in security or safety | his fortune was increasingly insecure |
| decorate | 11 | be beautiful to look at | - |
| prospect | 14 | the possibility of future success | his prospects as a writer are excellent |
| receiver | 13 | a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass | - |
| forecast | 13 | predict in advance | - |
| receipts | 12 | the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | - |
| detector | 11 | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | - |
| decisive | 14 | forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | - |
| checkers | 19 | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | - |
| indecent | 11 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | was buried with indecent haste |
| recreate | 10 | give encouragement to | - |
| ecstatic | 12 | feeling great rapture or delight | - |
| declined | 12 | - | - |
| spectrum | 14 | a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities | - |
| decrease | 11 | a process of becoming smaller or shorter | - |
| decipher | 16 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| wreckage | 18 | the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked | they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors |
| wrecking | 18 | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | - |
| recharge | 14 | load anew | - |
| electron | 10 | an elementary particle with negative charge | - |
| lecturer | 10 | a public lecturer at certain universities | - |
| secluded | 12 | hidden from general view or use | a secluded romantic spot |
| telecast | 10 | broadcast via television | - |
| molecule | 12 | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | - |
| reciting | 11 | - | - |
| checkout | 19 | the act of inspecting or verifying | - |
| decently | 14 | in the right manner; correctly; suitably | - |
| decadent | 12 | marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay | a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility |
| tectonic | 12 | of or pertaining to construction or architecture | - |
| receptor | 12 | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation | - |
| redirect | 11 | channel into a new direction | redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists |
| deceiver | 14 | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | - |
| dejected | 19 | affected or marked by low spirits | is dejected but trying to look cheerful |
| securely | 13 | in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger | she held the child securely |
| receding | 12 | a slow or gradual disappearance | - |
| lectured | 11 | - | - |
| preceded | 14 | - | - |
| anecdote | 11 | short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | - |
| ejection | 17 | the act of forcing out someone or something | the ejection of troublemakers by the police |
| indirect | 11 | descended from a common ancestor but through different lines | an indirect descendant of the Stuarts |
| recourse | 10 | something or someone turned to for assistance or security | his only recourse was the police |
| decoding | 13 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | - |
| executor | 17 | a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will | - |
| earpiece | 12 | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | - |
| decrepit | 13 | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | - |
| neckline | 14 | the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck | - |
| elective | 13 | a course that the student can select from among alternatives | - |
| eclipsed | 13 | - | - |
| pectoral | 12 | either of two large muscles of the chest | - |
| defecate | 14 | have a bowel movement | - |
| spectral | 12 | resembling or characteristic of a phantom | spectral emanations |
| objector | 19 | a person who dissents from some established policy | - |
| breeches | 15 | (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | - |
| effected | 17 | settled securely and unconditionally | - |
| eclectic | 14 | someone who selects according to the eclectic method | - |
| trifecta | 13 | - | - |
| erectile | 10 | filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | erectile tissue |
| especial | 12 | surpassing what is common or usual or expected | he paid especial attention to her |
| perfecto | 15 | - | - |
| erecting | 11 | the act of building or putting up | - |
| defector | 14 | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | - |
| decedent | 12 | someone who is no longer alive | - |
| specious | 12 | plausible but false | a specious claim |
| speculum | 14 | a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior | - |
| feckless | 17 | generally incompetent and ineffectual | feckless attempts to repair the plumbing |
| necrosis | 10 | the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | - |
| fleecing | 14 | - | - |
| speckled | 17 | having a pattern of dots | - |
| preclude | 13 | make impossible, especially beforehand | - |
| heckling | 18 | shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree | - |
| decanter | 11 | a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | - |
| decimate | 13 | kill in large numbers | - |
| deckhand | 19 | a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor | - |
| recessed | 11 | having a sunken area | - |
| injector | 17 | a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) | - |
| pinecone | 12 | the seed-producing cone of a pine tree | - |
| alopecia | 12 | loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
| eyepiece | 15 | combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | - |
| freckled | 18 | relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | - |
| technics | 15 | - | - |
| recliner | 10 | an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it | - |
| bechamel | 17 | milk thickened with a butter and flour roux | - |
| dovecote | 14 | a birdhouse for pigeons | - |
| neckless | 14 | lacking or apparently lacking a neck | - |
| timecard | 13 | a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day | - |
| typecast | 15 | identify as belonging to a certain type | - |
| plectrum | 14 | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | - |
| recommit | 14 | commit again | It was recommitted into her custody |
| anechoic | 15 | not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent | an anechoic chamber |
| ecliptic | 14 | the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator | all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic |
| foredeck | 18 | the deck between the bridge and the forecastle | - |
| necropsy | 15 | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | - |
| necrotic | 12 | relating to or affected by necrosis | necrotic tissue |
| codpiece | 15 | (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches | - |
| selector | 10 | a switch that is used to select among alternatives | - |
| reclined | 11 | - | - |
| breeched | 16 | dressed in trousers | - |
| decorous | 11 | according with custom or propriety | - |
| vivisect | 16 | cut (a body) open while still alive | people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical |
| screechy | 18 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
| secretor | 10 | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | - |
| spectate | 12 | be a spectator in a sports event | - |
| reinfect | 13 | - | - |
| feculent | 13 | foul with waste matter | - |
| hatcheck | 22 | - | - |
| lecithin | 13 | a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier | - |
| unsnecks | 14 | - | - |
| unrecked | 15 | - | - |
| unsecret | 10 | - | - |
| whitecap | 18 | a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white | - |
| wheeched | 20 | - | - |
| wreckers | 17 | - | - |
| wreckful | 20 | - | - |
| zecchine | 24 | - | - |
| zecchini | 24 | - | - |
| zecchino | 24 | - | - |
| zecchins | 24 | - | - |
| zaitechs | 22 | - | - |
| zooecium | 21 | - | - |
| wrynecks | 20 | - | - |
| verecund | 14 | - | - |
| vectored | 14 | - | - |
| suberect | 12 | - | - |
| subsects | 12 | - | - |
| subjects | 19 | - | - |
| suspects | 12 | - | - |
| sundecks | 15 | - | - |
| synechia | 16 | adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness | - |
| synectic | 15 | - | - |
| techiest | 13 | - | - |
| tectites | 10 | - | - |
| telechir | 13 | - | - |
| telecine | 10 | - | - |
| telecoms | 12 | - | - |
| toeclips | 12 | - | - |
| toepiece | 12 | - | - |
| toisechs | 13 | - | - |
| tieclasp | 12 | - | - |
| trajects | 17 | - | - |
| transect | 10 | cut across or divide transversely | the trails transect the property |
| tranects | 10 | - | - |
| trisects | 10 | - | - |
| trecking | 15 | - | - |
| trecento | 10 | - | - |
| typecase | 15 | - | - |
| unchecks | 19 | - | - |
| undecent | 11 | - | - |
| undecked | 16 | - | - |
| unbreech | 15 | - | - |
| ringneck | 15 | - | - |
| rollneck | 14 | - | - |
| ryepecks | 19 | - | - |
| saeculum | 12 | - | - |
| schmecks | 21 | - | - |
| scriechs | 15 | - | - |
| scoleces | 12 | - | - |
| scolecid | 13 | - | - |
| schnecke | 19 | - | - |
| senecios | 10 | - | - |
| secerned | 11 | - | - |
| secesher | 13 | - | - |
| seceshes | 13 | - | - |
| secludes | 11 | - | - |
| secodont | 11 | - | - |
| seconals | 10 | - | - |
| seconded | 12 | - | - |
| seceding | 12 | - | - |
| seceders | 11 | - | - |
| secalose | 10 | - | - |
| secantly | 13 | - | - |
| secateur | 10 | - | - |
| secondee | 11 | - | - |
| seconder | 11 | someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote | - |
| secondes | 11 | - | - |
| sectored | 11 | - | - |
| seculars | 10 | - | - |
| seculums | 12 | - | - |
| secundly | 14 | - | - |
| secundum | 13 | - | - |
| securers | 10 | - | - |
| securest | 10 | - | - |
| sectoral | 10 | - | - |
| sections | 10 | - | - |
| secreted | 11 | - | - |
| secreter | 10 | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | - |
| secretes | 10 | - | - |
| secretin | 10 | a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine | - |
| sectator | 10 | - | - |
| securing | 11 | - | - |
| seapiece | 12 | - | - |
| selectas | 10 | - | - |
| selectee | 10 | - | - |
| selectly | 13 | - | - |
| seecatch | 15 | - | - |
| shechita | 16 | - | - |
| sidecars | 11 | - | - |
| skriechs | 17 | - | - |
| sleeches | 13 | - | - |
| sinecure | 10 | a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached | - |
| skeechan | 17 | - | - |
| smectite | 12 | - | - |
| smeeched | 16 | - | - |
| smeeches | 15 | - | - |
| snecking | 15 | - | - |
| solecise | 10 | - | - |
| solecism | 12 | a socially awkward or tactless act | - |
| solecist | 10 | - | - |
| solecize | 19 | - | - |
| specking | 17 | - | - |
| speckles | 16 | - | - |
| specters | 12 | - | - |
| spectres | 12 | - | - |
| spectrin | 12 | - | - |
| speckier | 16 | - | - |
| speccies | 14 | - | - |
| speccing | 15 | - | - |
| specials | 12 | - | - |
| speciate | 12 | evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | - |
| specular | 12 | capable of reflecting light like a mirror | a specular metal |
| speeched | 16 | - | - |
| speeches | 15 | - | - |
| reobject | 19 | - | - |
| rejectee | 17 | - | - |
| rejecter | 17 | - | - |
| rejector | 17 | - | - |
| reinject | 17 | - | - |
| reselect | 10 | - | - |
| resected | 11 | - | - |
| resecure | 10 | - | - |
| rerecord | 11 | - | - |
| parecism | 14 | - | - |
| penneech | 15 | - | - |
| penneeck | 16 | - | - |
| perfecta | 15 | a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | - |
| perfecti | 15 | - | - |
| perfects | 15 | - | - |
| peccable | 16 | liable to sin | a frail and peccable mortal |
| peccancy | 19 | - | - |
| peccavis | 17 | - | - |
| peasecod | 13 | husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas | - |
| peckiest | 16 | - | - |
| peckings | 17 | - | - |
| pectoses | 12 | - | - |
| peculate | 12 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | - |
| peculium | 14 | - | - |
| pectizes | 21 | - | - |
| pectized | 22 | - | - |
| pecorini | 12 | - | - |
| pecorino | 12 | - | - |
| pectases | 12 | - | - |
| pectates | 12 | - | - |
| pectinal | 12 | - | - |
| pectines | 12 | - | - |
| pectised | 13 | - | - |
| pectises | 12 | - | - |
| phonecam | 17 | - | - |
| piecener | 12 | - | - |
| piecings | 13 | - | - |
| piecrust | 12 | - | - |
| piecened | 13 | - | - |
| petechia | 15 | a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) | - |
| pincheck | 21 | - | - |
| pipeclay | 17 | fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather | - |
| poechore | 15 | - | - |
| polecats | 12 | - | - |
| plectres | 12 | - | - |
| plectron | 12 | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | - |
| praecipe | 14 | - | - |
| praefect | 15 | - | - |
| praelect | 12 | - | - |
| porrects | 12 | - | - |
| precasts | 12 | - | - |
| precavae | 15 | - | - |
| precaval | 15 | - | - |
| precedes | 13 | - | - |
| preceese | 12 | - | - |
| precents | 12 | - | - |
| precepit | 14 | - | - |
| precepts | 14 | - | - |
| precited | 13 | - | - |
| preclean | 12 | - | - |
| preclear | 12 | - | - |
| precoded | 14 | - | - |
| precodes | 13 | - | - |
| precooks | 16 | - | - |
| precools | 12 | - | - |
| precises | 12 | - | - |
| preciser | 12 | - | - |
| precheck | 21 | - | - |
| prechill | 15 | - | - |
| prechose | 15 | - | - |
| precieux | 19 | - | - |
| precipes | 14 | - | - |
| precised | 13 | - | - |
| precrash | 15 | - | - |
| prelects | 12 | - | - |
| precured | 13 | - | - |
| precures | 12 | - | - |
| precurse | 12 | - | - |
| preelect | 12 | - | - |
| prefects | 15 | - | - |
| preerect | 12 | - | - |
| protects | 12 | - | - |
| prosects | 12 | - | - |
| projects | 19 | - | - |
| racecard | 13 | a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses | - |
| receival | 13 | - | - |
| recesses | 10 | - | - |
| rechange | 14 | - | - |
| recharts | 13 | - | - |
| rechates | 13 | - | - |
| recheats | 13 | - | - |
| recentre | 10 | - | - |
| receives | 13 | - | - |
| recement | 12 | - | - |
| recensed | 11 | - | - |
| recenses | 10 | - | - |
| recensor | 10 | - | - |
| recenter | 10 | - | - |
| rechecks | 19 | - | - |
| rechewed | 17 | - | - |
| rechoose | 13 | - | - |
| reclaims | 12 | - | - |
| reclames | 12 | - | - |
| reclasps | 12 | - | - |
| recleans | 10 | - | - |
| reclimbs | 14 | - | - |
| reclines | 10 | - | - |
| reckoner | 14 | a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation | - |
| reckoned | 15 | - | - |
| rechosen | 13 | - | - |
| recircle | 12 | - | - |
| recision | 10 | - | - |
| recitals | 10 | - | - |
| reciters | 10 | - | - |
| reckling | 15 | - | - |
| reclosed | 11 | - | - |
| recanted | 11 | - | - |
| recanter | 10 | - | - |
| recapped | 15 | - | - |
| recaptor | 12 | - | - |
| recarpet | 12 | - | - |
| recaught | 14 | - | - |
| recceing | 13 | - | - |
| reccying | 16 | - | - |
| recaning | 11 | - | - |
| recamier | 12 | - | - |
| recalled | 11 | - | - |
| recaller | 10 | - | - |
| reflects | 13 | - | - |
| reerects | 10 | - | - |
| refected | 14 | - | - |
| rections | 10 | - | - |
| recurves | 13 | - | - |
| recusals | 10 | - | - |
| recusant | 10 | (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | - |
| recusing | 11 | - | - |
| recycled | 16 | - | - |
| recycler | 15 | - | - |
| recycles | 15 | - | - |
| recurved | 14 | curved backward or inward | - |
| recurred | 11 | - | - |
| rectitic | 12 | - | - |
| rectitis | 10 | - | - |
| rectoral | 10 | - | - |
| rectress | 10 | - | - |
| recuiled | 11 | - | - |
| recuiles | 10 | - | - |
| reculing | 11 | - | - |
| recuring | 11 | - | - |
| redecide | 12 | - | - |
| redefect | 14 | - | - |
| rectally | 13 | - | - |
| recloses | 10 | - | - |
| recollet | 10 | - | - |
| recolors | 10 | - | - |
| recombed | 15 | - | - |
| reconfer | 13 | - | - |
| reconned | 11 | - | - |
| reconvey | 16 | - | - |
| recooked | 15 | - | - |
| recoined | 11 | - | - |
| recoiler | 10 | - | - |
| reclothe | 13 | - | - |
| recluses | 10 | - | - |
| recoaled | 11 | - | - |
| recoated | 11 | - | - |
| recocked | 17 | - | - |
| recodify | 17 | - | - |
| recoding | 12 | converting from one code to another | - |
| recoiled | 11 | - | - |
| recopied | 13 | - | - |
| recopies | 12 | - | - |
| recowers | 13 | - | - |
| recoyled | 14 | - | - |
| recoyles | 13 | - | - |
| recrated | 11 | - | - |
| recrates | 10 | - | - |
| recreant | 10 | an abject coward | - |
| recrowns | 13 | - | - |
| recovers | 13 | - | - |
| recorked | 15 | - | - |
| recounts | 10 | - | - |
| recouped | 13 | - | - |
| recouple | 12 | - | - |
| recoured | 11 | - | - |
| recoures | 10 | - | - |
| recruits | 10 | - | - |
| reechier | 13 | - | - |
| reeching | 14 | - | - |
| reechoed | 14 | - | - |
| reechoes | 13 | - | - |
| reejects | 17 | - | - |
| reelects | 10 | - | - |
| rednecks | 15 | - | - |
| overdeck | 18 | - | - |
| pandects | 13 | - | - |
| owrecome | 15 | - | - |
| oxpecker | 23 | - | - |
| analecta | 10 | a collection of excerpts from a literary work | - |
| analects | 10 | a collection of excerpts from a literary work | - |
| anecdota | 11 | - | - |
| alopecic | 14 | pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers | - |
| apothece | 15 | - | - |
| antecede | 11 | be earlier in time; go back further | - |
| aspected | 13 | - | - |
| autecism | 12 | - | - |
| atechnic | 15 | - | - |
| becalled | 13 | - | - |
| becalmed | 15 | rendered motionless for lack of wind | - |
| becapped | 17 | - | - |
| becarpet | 14 | - | - |
| becasses | 12 | - | - |
| bechalks | 19 | - | - |
| becoward | 16 | - | - |
| becrawls | 15 | - | - |
| becrimed | 15 | - | - |
| becrimes | 14 | - | - |
| becrowds | 16 | - | - |
| becrusts | 12 | - | - |
| becudgel | 14 | - | - |
| beclowns | 15 | - | - |
| beclouds | 13 | - | - |
| bechance | 17 | become of; happen to | - |
| becharms | 17 | - | - |
| beckoned | 17 | - | - |
| beckoner | 16 | - | - |
| beclamor | 14 | - | - |
| beclasps | 14 | - | - |
| becloaks | 16 | - | - |
| beclothe | 15 | - | - |
| becurled | 13 | - | - |
| becursed | 13 | - | - |
| becurses | 12 | - | - |
| bedecked | 18 | - | - |
| basilect | 12 | - | - |
| beechier | 15 | - | - |
| beechnut | 15 | small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees | - |
| beflecks | 19 | - | - |
