8-letter words containing i, p, e, c
- cassiope — (sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- cei-pact — Central European Initiative on Parallel Computation.
- centiped — Archaic form of centipede.
- cephalic — of or relating to the head
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- cercopid — any small leaping herbivorous homopterous insect of the family Cercopidae; a froghopper
- cesspipe — a waste pipe, especially one discharging from a cesspool.
- cesspits — Plural form of cesspit.
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- chappies — Plural form of chappie.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cheeping — Present participle of cheep.
- cheliped — (of an arthropod) either of two legs which each carry a claw
- chickpea — Chickpeas are hard round seeds that look like pale-brown peas. They can be cooked and eaten.
- chicopee — city in SW Mass., on the Connecticut River: pop. 55,000
- chip set — (hardware) A collection of integrated circuits that are designed to be used together for some specific purpose. E.g. control circuitry in an IBM PC.
- chiphead — (slang) A microchip expert.
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chippage — the fact or an instance of chipping: The pottery could not be insured against chippage.
- chippers — to chirp or twitter.
- chippewa — Ojibwa
- chippies — Plural form of chippy.
- chipsets — Plural form of chipset.
- chirpier — Comparative form of chirpy.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- choppier — Comparative form of choppy.
- cineplex — a large cinema complex
- ciphered — Put (a message) into secret writing; encode.
- cipherer — a person who ciphers
- cirriped — any of a class (Cirripedia) of saltwater crustaceans that are attached or parasitic as adults, including the barnacles and the rhizocephalans
- clip-fed — (of an automatic firearm) loaded from a cartridge clip
- clippers — a hand tool with two cutting blades for clipping fingernails, hedges, etc
- clippies — Plural form of clippie.
- clumpier — Comparative form of clumpy.
- clupeids — Plural form of clupeid.
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- codpiece — A codpiece was a piece of material worn by men in the 15th and 16th centuries to cover their genitals.
- companie — Obsolete spelling of company.
- compiled — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- compiler — A compiler is someone who compiles books, reports, or lists of information.
- compiles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compile.
- complice — an associate or accomplice
- complied — to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
- complier — a person who complies
- complies — to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
- compline — the last of the seven canonical hours of the divine office
- comprise — If you say that something comprises or is comprised of a number of things or people, you mean it has them as its parts or members.
- comprize — comprise.