7-letter words containing p, a, c, e
- craptex — /krap'tekh/ (University of York, England) Term of abuse used to describe TeX and LaTeX when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else). The non-TeX enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more verbose than other formatters (e.g. troff) and because (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used) it generates vast output files. See religious issues.
- cupcake — Cupcakes are small iced cakes for one person.
- cuphead — a hemispherical bolt-head
- cuprate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCumOn, many of which are superconductors.
- cuspate — having a cusp or cusps
- cypsela — the dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy and related plants, which resembles an achene but is surrounded by a calyx sheath
- decamps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decamp.
- decapod — any crustacean of the mostly marine order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking limbs: includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, and crayfish
- dectape — (hardware, storage) A reel of magnetic tape about 4 inches in diameter and one inch wide. Unlike today's macrotapes, microtape drivers allowed random access to the data, and therefore could be used to support file systems and even for swapping (this was generally done purely for hack value, as they were far too slow for practical use). DECtape was a variant on LINCtape. In their heyday DECtapes were used in pretty much the same ways one would now use a floppy disk: as a small, portable way to save and transport files and programs.
- dispace — to move or travel about
- earpick — an implement for picking at the ear and removing earwax
- ecap ii — Electronic Circuit Analysis Program. Simple language for analysing electrical networks. "Introduction to Computer Analysis: ECAP for Electronics Technicians and Engineers", H. Levin, P-H 1970.
- echappe — a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.
- ectopia — the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectypal — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- edaphic — related to or caused by particular soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
- emplace — To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place.
- encamps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encamp.
- enclasp — Hold tightly in one's arms.
- end cap — An end cap is a rack or counter at the end of a store aisle used to display promotional or sale items.
- epacrid — a type of heath-like plant of the family Epacridaceae
- epacris — (botany) Any of the genus Epacris of shrubs.
- eparchs — Plural form of eparch.
- eparchy — A province of the Orthodox Church.
- epicarp — (botany) Exocarp.
- episcia — a creeping plant of the genus Episcia
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- escalop — A scallop.
- escaped — Simple past tense and past participle of escape.
- escapee — A person who has escaped from somewhere, especially prison.
- escaper — Person who escapes.
- escapes — Plural form of escape.
- escarps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escarp.
- exocarp — The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.
- eyecaps — Plural form of eyecap.
- face up — facing upwards
- hepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- hepcats — Plural form of hepcat.
- ice cap — small ice mass in high area
- icecaps — Plural form of icecap.
- icepack — Alternative spelling of ice pack.
- impeach — to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- inscape — the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- ipecacs — Plural form of ipecac.
- jetpack — a jet-powered backpack used by astronauts to move around in space away from a spacecraft.
- kneecap — the patella.
- lace up — anything that laces up, especially a boot with shoelaces that lace up from the vamp to the top of the boot.
- lace-up — anything that laces up, especially a boot with shoelaces that lace up from the vamp to the top of the boot.
- laplace — Pierre Simon [pyer see-mawn] /pyɛr siˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Marquis de, 1749–1827, French astronomer and mathematician.
- myspace — (Internet) One's profile on the MySpace website.