8-Letter Words Containing: A,C,E,N,S,S,T

• a small fragment

• obscene terms for female genitals

• (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• to make grasping motions

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• censure severely

• change by restraining or moderating

• correct by punishment or discipline

• To stop the flow of.

• To cease, as the flowing of blood.

• To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

• To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

• a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody

• sing in descant

• sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

• talk at great length about something of one's interest

• A countess, often specifically an Italian countess

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

• limit in quality or quantity

• supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

• An enthusiast of film and the cinema.

• A person in the filmmaking industry.

• someone deranged and possibly dangerous

• short underpants for women or children

• lacking in magnitude or quantity

• (of clothing) revealing the body