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

• fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense

• a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)

• surround with a stockade in order to fortify

• 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

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

• stiffen with starch

• cause to become detached or separated; take off

• separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment

• come to be detached

• 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 negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device

• the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current

• A heavy piece of timber projecting from each side of the bow of a ship for holding anchors which were fitted with a stock in position for letting go or for securing after weighing.

• Similar rigging on the outside of a building.