8-Letter Words Containing: I,O,C,I,E,S,_

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

• surgical removal of a body part or tissue

• the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society

• the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

• deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

• a line on a map connecting places with the same mean winter temperature.

• organize into a code or system, such as a body of law

• (18th century Italy) A knightly servant of a high-born lady.

• A married woman's lover; a kept man.

• of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes

• occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals

• limited in duration to a single episode

• an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

• send a bill to

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity