8-letter words containing p, a, c, i
- captains — Plural form of captain.
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- captived — Simple past tense and past participle of captive.
- captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.
- capuccio — a capuche
- capuchin — any agile intelligent New World monkey of the genus Cebus, inhabiting forests in South America, typically having a cowl of thick hair on the top of the head
- carpalia — any of the bones of the wrist.
- 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.
- cei-pact — Central European Initiative on Parallel Computation.
- cephalic — of or relating to the head
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- champian — A plain; a flat expanse of land; a champaign.
- champing — to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently: The horses champed the oats.
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chapatis — Plural form of chapati.
- chapatti — An extremely simple circular, flat, unleavened bread made with sieved wholemeal flour and water. Found in Indian cuisine.
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- chaplain — A chaplain is a member of the Christian clergy who does religious work in a place such as a hospital, school, prison, or in the armed forces.
- chappati — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- chappies — Plural form of chappie.
- chapping — Present participle of chap.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- chickpea — Chickpeas are hard round seeds that look like pale-brown peas. They can be cooked and eaten.
- chinampa — an artificially created island used for growing crops in Mexican or in Mesoamerican agriculture
- chip art — microchip art
- chip pan — a deep pan for frying potato chips, etc
- chiphead — (slang) A microchip expert.
- chippage — the fact or an instance of chipping: The pottery could not be insured against chippage.
- chippewa — Ojibwa
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clapping — to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval: She clapped her hands in appreciation.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- clay pit — a pit or mine from which clay is extracted
- clip art — a large collection of simple drawings stored in a computer from which items can be selected for incorporation into documents
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- compania — company.
- companie — Obsolete spelling of company.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- conepati — hog-nosed skunk (def 2).
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- coppelia — a ballet (1870) by Délibes.
- copremia — poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- cotopaxi — a volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the world's highest active volcano Height: 5896 m (19 344 ft)
- cramping — cramp iron.