8-letter words containing a, c, i, e
- phaeacia — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
- phenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- piacenza — a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- picowave — to irradiate (food) with gamma rays in order to retard spoilage.
- picrated — containing picrate
- pie cart — a mobile van selling warmed-up food and drinks
- pile cap — a reinforced or mass concrete connecting beam cast around the head of a group of piles enabling it to act as a single unit to support the imposed load
- pinnacle — a lofty peak.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praecipe — any of various legal writs commanding a defendant to do something or to appear and show why it should not be done.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- race-fit — (of a person, animal, etc) fit or suitable for racing
- racemism — (of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- racemize — to change or cause to change into a racemic mixture
- racemoid — racemic
- rachises — Plural form of rachis.
- racinage — decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- raciness — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- radiance — radiant brightness or light: the radiance of the tropical sun.
- radicate — to (cause to) take root
- raft ice — ice in cakes or sheets overlapping or piled on top of one another.
- raticide — a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- re-claim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reactive — tending to react.
- readdict — to cause (a person) to become addicted to something again
- reaginic — relating to or caused by a reagin, or functioning as a reagin
- recamier — Madame (Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard) 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.
- recaning — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- relacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- repacify — to pacify again
- replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
- retiracy — retirement
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rib cage — the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.
- rice rat — any rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail, especially O. palustris, inhabiting rice fields and marshes of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.