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8-letter words containing a, c, p, n, i

  • handpick — to pick by hand.
  • haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
  • hispanic — Spanish.
  • in place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
  • inky cap — any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, especially C. atramentarius, characterized by gills that disintegrate into blackish liquid after the spores mature.
  • japonica — the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.
  • linctape — (storage)   A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
  • manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
  • minicamp — A session run by a professional sports team to train particular players, or to test potential new players, before the main preseason training.
  • nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
  • optician — a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
  • pacation — the act of making peace
  • pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
  • palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
  • panchaia — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
  • pangamic — relating to pangamy
  • panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
  • panicles — a compound raceme.
  • pannicle — a thin layer of body tissue
  • panoptic — permitting the viewing of all parts or elements: a panoptic stain used in microscopy; a panoptic aerial photograph of an enemy missile base.
  • panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
  • panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
  • parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
  • parochin — a parish
  • patience — a female given name.
  • peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
  • peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
  • pectinal — of or resembling a comb
  • pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • pemmican — dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
  • pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
  • phenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
  • piacenza — a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
  • picarian — a bird belonging to the picariae division of birds, which is extensive and includes woodpeckers, toucans and kingfishers among many more
  • picaroon — a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
  • picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
  • piccanin — a Black African child
  • pinacoid — a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
  • pindaric — of, relating to, or in the style of Pindar.
  • pinnacle — a lofty peak.
  • piquancy — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
  • pitcairn — British island in Polynesia, in the South Pacific: 1.8 sq mi (4.6 sq km); pop. 54
  • pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
  • pittance — a small amount or share.
  • placings — The placings in a competition are the relative positions of the competitors at the end or at a particular stage of the competition.
  • planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
  • platinic — of or containing platinum, especially in the tetravalent state.
  • platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
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