8-letter words containing a, n, e, c
- peacenet — One of the IGC networks. PeaceNet serves peace and social justice advocates around the world in such areas as human rights, disarmament, and international relations. A number of alternative news services provide a range of information about these and other topics from around the world. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://igc.apc.org/.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- peccancy — sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- pechenga — a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.
- 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.
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pentacle — pentagram.
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- penzance — a seaport in SW Cornwall, in the SW extremity of England: resort.
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- pernancy — a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- phenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
- piacenza — a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pinnacle — a lofty peak.
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- placeman — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
- placemen — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
- placenta — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- quechuan — of or relating to the Quechua language or people.
- 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.
- ranchero — a rancher.
- re-enact — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- reaccent — to accent again
- reactant — a person or thing that reacts.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reagency — the quality or condition of being a reagent
- reaginic — relating to or caused by a reagin, or functioning as a reagin
- reascend — to ascend again
- reascent — a further ascent
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- recaning — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.