8-Letter Words Containing CLE

Here's the list of all the 161 8-Letter Words Containing CLE in the English Language.

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cleaning
1. the act of making something clean
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particle
1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
2. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
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cleaners
1. shop where dry cleaning is done
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clearing
1. a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
2. the act of freeing from suspicion
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pinnacle
1. surmount with a pinnacle
2. raise on or as if on a pinnacle
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clerical
1. of or relating to clerks
2. of or relating to the clergy
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eclectic
1. someone who selects according to the eclectic method
2. selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
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obstacle
1. something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
2. an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
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cleavage
1. the state of being split or cleft
2. the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
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cleanser
1. a preparation used in cleaning something
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cleverly
1. in a clever manner
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tentacle
1. something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
2. any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
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follicle
1. any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
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clematis
1. any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
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clemency
1. good weather with comfortable temperatures
2. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
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tricycle
1. a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
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clenched
1. closed or squeezed together tightly
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testicle
1. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
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pentacle
1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
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popsicle
1. ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
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nuclease
1. general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units
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barnacle
1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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unicycle
1. ride a unicycle
2. a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
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encircle
1. form or draw a circle around
2. bind with something round or circular
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8-Letter Words Containing CLE