8-letter words containing n, e, c, t, a
- pancetta — Italian pork belly cured with salt, pepper, and other spices and air-dried up to four months, tightly rolled in a cylinder.
- pastance — an activity that passes time; recreation
- patience — a female given name.
- 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/.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- 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.
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- 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
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- 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.
- reascent — a further ascent
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recreant — cowardly or craven.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- scandent — climbing, as a plant.
- scantest — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scanties — women's underwear
- schantze — a pile of stones heaped to shelter soldiers from gunfire
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- snatched — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- sortance — suitableness
- stancher — staunch2 .
- stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- symantec — (company) Software manufacturer of utility and development applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Products include ACT!, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, Symantec Cafe.
- tacitean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.
- taconite — a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- tangence — the act of touching
- tangency — the state of being tangent.
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
- tendance — attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- tentacle — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.