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8-letter words containing a, c, e, p

  • camphane — a terpene hyrdocarbon, C10H18, that is both saturated and inert
  • camphene — a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C10H16
  • camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
  • camphire — henna
  • camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
  • campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
  • campmate — Someone who is or has been in the same camp as another person; one's fellow camper.
  • campness — the quality of being camp
  • camporee — a local meeting or assembly of Scouts
  • campshed — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
  • campuses — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
  • canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
  • canopied — A canopied building or piece of furniture is covered with a roof or a piece of material supported by poles.
  • canopies — Plural form of canopy.
  • capaneus — one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
  • cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
  • cape cod — a long sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic
  • cape fox — a fox, Vulpes chama, inhabiting dry areas of southern Africa and having large pointed ears, silvery gray coat, and a bushy tail with a black tip.
  • cape ray — a promontory in SW Newfoundland, Canada
  • capeador — a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.
  • capeline — a cap-shaped bandage for covering either the head or an amputation stump
  • capelins — Plural form of capelin.
  • capellet — a swelling on a horse's elbow, or on the heel of the hock, resembling a wen
  • capering — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
  • capeskin — a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wool
  • capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
  • capeweed — a low-growing, creeping plant, Arctotheca calendulacea, used as a ground cover in warm climates.
  • capework — the use of the cape by the matador
  • capiases — Plural form of capias.
  • capitate — shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences
  • capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
  • capmaker — a person who makes caps
  • capoeira — a movement discipline combining martial art and dance, which originated among African slaves in 19th-century Brazil
  • caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
  • caponize — to make (a cock) into a capon
  • caprices — Plural form of caprice.
  • caprines — Plural form of caprine.
  • capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
  • capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
  • caproate — a salt of caproic acid
  • capsheaf — The top sheaf of a stook of wheat etc.
  • capsized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsize.
  • capsizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsize.
  • capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
  • capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
  • capsuled — Enclosed within a capsule.
  • capsules — Plural form of capsule.
  • captaine — Obsolete spelling of captain.
  • captived — Simple past tense and past participle of captive.
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