8-letter words ending in CLE

8-letter words 33

• obstaclesomething immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
• particle(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
• testicleone of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
• pinnacle(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
• claviclebone linking the scapula and sternum
• tricyclea vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
• tentaclesomething that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
• barnaclemarine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
• encircleform a circle around
• unicyclea vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
• follicleany small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
• pentaclea star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
• tuberclea swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
• canticlea hymn derived from the Bible
• epicyclea circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
• binnaclea nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm)
• curricle
• pedunclethe thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
• spiraclea breathing orifice
• carunclean outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
• cornicle
• pelliclethin protective membrane in some protozoa
• fasciclean installment of a printed work
• furunclea painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
• arbuscle
• bernicle
• biocycle
• caulicle
• denticlesmall pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
• recircle
• vernacle
• vernicle
• versiclea short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation