8-letter words containing p, a, c, t
- chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
- clap-net — a net, used esp by entomologists, that can be closed instantly by pulling a string
- claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
- claspeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clasp.
- 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
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- coal pot — a cooking device using charcoal, consisting of a raised iron bowl and a central grid
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- compacts — Plural form of compact.
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- conepati — hog-nosed skunk (def 2).
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- coparent — a fellow parent
- copastor — a fellow pastor
- copatron — a fellow patron
- copemate — a partner, comrade, paramour, or spouse
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- copycats — Plural form of copycat.
- cotopaxi — a volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the world's highest active volcano Height: 5896 m (19 344 ft)
- crackpot — If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- crapfest — (informal, vulgar) Something of incredibly low quality.
- crapplet — (web, abuse) A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- data cap — a limit imposed on the amount of data that can be transferred to an electronic device
- decaplet — One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- despatch — dispatch
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- empacket — to wrap up
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- epitaxic — relating to epitaxy
- epitheca — (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- ethercap — a spider
- ettercap — a spider
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.