8-letter words containing c, p, l
- impolicy — The state or act of being impolitic.
- in place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- insculpt — engraved
- iphicles — a son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, the brother of Hercules.
- kickflip — (skateboarding) An ollie where the board is rotated 360 degrees along its axis.
- killcrop — a baby that is always hungry, thought to be a fairy changeling
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- lace-ups — Lace-ups are shoes which are fastened with laces.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lapactic — purgative; cathartic.
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- lickspit — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- 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!
- lip lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
- lip-lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
- lip-sync — the technical process by which this is done.
- lipaemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- lipchitz — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1973, U.S. sculptor, born in Lithuania.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- lipstick — a crayonlike oil-based cosmetic used in coloring the lips, usually in a tubular container.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lockpick — a device that enables a burglar to open a lock.
- lockport — a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- loopback — The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- lupercus — an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- 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]>.
- octaloop — (genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif.
- octopole — (physics) A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).