8-letter words containing n, i, e, c
- onychite — a type of marble stone
- orogenic — (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
- oscinine — of or relating to the Oscines
- overnice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- pannicle — a thin layer of body tissue
- patience — a female given name.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- peiching — Beijing.
- pemmican — dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
- pendicle — a piece of land or property forming a subsidiary to an estate
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- pentomic — pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- phenetic — pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
- phenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- 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
- phonemic — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonetic — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- piacenza — a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- 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.
- piecener — (formerly, in cotton or woollen mills) someone (often a child) whose job was to join broken threads together
- piercing — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pincheck — a very small check woven into fabric, much used in the manufacture of men's and women's suits.
- pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinckney — Charles, 1757–1824, American Revolutionary leader and politician: senator 1798–1801.
- pinnacle — a lofty peak.
- pinochet — Augusto (auˈɣusto). 1915-2006, Chilean general and statesman; president of Chile (1974–90) following his overthrow of Allende (1973): charged (2001) with murder and kidnapping but found unfit to stand trial
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- 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.
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- precinct — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- prentice — a male given name.
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.