8-letter words containing c, l, i, p
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- milk cap — any of a large genus (Lactarius) of basidiomycetous fungi that are brittle to touch and exude a milky liquid when crushed. Some are funnel-shaped and some parasol-shaped, and most, except for L. deliciosus, are inedible
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- newsclip — A very high level language designed for writing netnews filters. It translates into C. It includes support for various newsreaders. Version 1.01 includes a translator from NewsClip to C, examples and documentation. NewsClip was written by Looking Glass Software Ltd. and is distributed and used by ClariNet Communications Corporation It is only supported for ClariNet customers. Output of the filters may not be sold and donation for use of this program is hinted at. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- p-celtic — the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound became a p -sound. Welsh, Breton, Cornish, and Gaulish belong to P-Celtic.
- pachalic — pashalik.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- palladic — of or containing palladium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- palmitic — of or derived from palmitic acid.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- pannicle — a thin layer of body tissue
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pc-tiles — (language) A visual programming language.
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- peculium — property that a father or master allowed his child or slave to hold as his own
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pellicle — a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- pendicle — a piece of land or property forming a subsidiary to an estate
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- pericles — c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- phacelia — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Phacelia, of the waterleaf family, chiefly of the western U.S. and Mexico, having clusters of violet, blue, or white flowers.
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- piacular — expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
- pickerel — any of several small species of pike, as Esox niger (chain pickerel) and E. americanus americanus (redfin pickerel) of eastern North America.
- pickling — a cucumber that has been preserved in brine, vinegar, or the like.
- picklock — a person who picks a lock, especially a burglar.
- picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- picoline — any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine having the formula C 6 H 7 N, obtained from coal tar as a colorless oily liquid with a strong odor.
- picomole — a trillionth of a mole
- pictural — a picture
- pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- 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
- pin curl — a small section of hair wound in a circle and secured with a hairpin to set it in a curl
- pin-curl — to curl (the hair) by using clips or hairpins.
- pinnacle — a lofty peak.