8-letter words containing p, a, c
- caliphal — relating to a caliph
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calliper — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calpolli — A subdivision of an altepetl; a
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calypsos — Plural form of calypso.
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts
- cam-pier — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
- camp bed — A camp bed is a small bed that you can fold up.
- camp car — a railroad car used as a dormitory for construction and maintenance workers.
- camp out — If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen.
- camp pie — tinned meat
- campagna — a low-lying plain surrounding Rome, Italy: once fertile, it deteriorated to malarial marshes; but has since been reclaimed. Area: about 2000 sq km (800 sq miles)
- campagne — a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
- campaign — A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
- campania — a region of SW Italy: includes the islands of Capri and Ischia. Chief town: Naples. Pop: 5 725 098 (2003 est). Area: 13 595 sq km (5248 sq miles)
- campbell — Sir Colin, Baron Clyde. 1792–1863, British field marshal who relieved Lucknow for the second time (1857) and commanded in Oudh, suppressing the Indian Mutiny
- campeche — a state of SE Mexico, on the SW of the Yucatán peninsula: forestry and fishing. Capital: Campeche. Pop: 205 000 (2005 est). Area: 56 114 sq km (21 666 sq miles)
- campfire — A campfire is a fire that you light out of doors when you are camping.
- camphane — a terpene hyrdocarbon, C10H18, that is both saturated and inert
- camphene — a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C10H16
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- camphire — henna
- camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campinas — a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)
- campions — Plural form of campion.
- campmate — Someone who is or has been in the same camp as another person; one's fellow camper.
- campness — the quality of being camp
- camporee — a local meeting or assembly of Scouts
- campshed — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- campus's — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- campuses — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
- canopied — A canopied building or piece of furniture is covered with a roof or a piece of material supported by poles.
- canopies — Plural form of canopy.
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- cap rock — a layer of rock that overlies a salt dome and consists of limestone, gypsum, etc
- capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
- capaneus — one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
- cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
- cape cod — a long sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic
- cape fox — a fox, Vulpes chama, inhabiting dry areas of southern Africa and having large pointed ears, silvery gray coat, and a bushy tail with a black tip.