8-letter words containing p, a, c, e
- 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
- parceled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcener — a joint heir; coheir.
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- parlance — a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance.
- particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- passcode — password (def 2).
- pastance — an activity that passes time; recreation
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathspec — pathname
- patience — a female given name.
- patrices — a mold of a Linotype for casting right-reading type for use in dry offset.
- paunched — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- paycheck — a bank check given as salary or wages.
- pb cache — Pipeline Burst Cache
- pea coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from about 3/8 to about 13/16 inch (1 to 2 cm).
- pea coat — A pea coat or a pea jacket is a short, double-breasted overcoat made of wool and worn especially by sailors.
- pea crab — any of several tiny crabs of the family Pinnotheridae, the female of which lives as a commensal in the shells of bivalve mollusks.
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- 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/.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- peacocky — of or resembling a peacock; ostentatious
- peasecod — the pod of the pea.
- peccable — liable to sin or error.
- peccancy — sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- pechenga — a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pedalcar — a four-wheeled vehicle that is operated by pedals, usually a child's toy
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- 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.
- 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.
- penzance — a seaport in SW Cornwall, in the SW extremity of England: resort.
- peracute — (of diseases, chiefly in animals) very severe; very acute
- perceant — piercing; penetrating