8-letter words containing c, l, i, p
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- pitchily — in a pitchy manner
- placidly — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- placings — The placings in a competition are the relative positions of the competitors at the end or at a particular stage of the competition.
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- plastics — made of plastic.
- 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.
- pliocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 10 to 2 million years ago, and characterized by increased size and numbers of mammals, by the growth of mountains, and by global climatic cooling.
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- poli sci — political science: to major in poli sci.
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
- policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
- politick — to engage in politicking.
- politico — a politician.
- politics — the science or art of political government.
- poly i:c — a synthetic RNA that promotes the production of interferon in the body
- poly sci — poli sci
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polyzoic — (of a bryozoan colony) composed of many zooids.
- popsicle — ice lolly
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- prechill — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- preslice — to slice in advance
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- prolific — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- propylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the propyl group.
- psilocin — a psilocybin metabolite with strong hallucinogenic potency, produced after ingestion of the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- psilotic — of or relating to a disease of the small intestine
- publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
- publicly — by the state
- publics' — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- pulicene — flea-ridden
- pulicide — a flea-killing substance
- pulmonic — pulmonary.
- pulsific — causing the pulse to increase
- purlicue — a flourish at the end of a pen stroke
- replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.