8-letter words containing p, a, c
- e-piracy — the illegal uploading of digital copies of copyrighted works to a website, or the illegal downloading of such material.
- earpiece — a piece that covers or passes over the ear, as on a cap or eyeglasses.
- echappee — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and proceeding by a skip.
- empacket — to wrap up
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- emplaced — Simple past tense and past participle of emplace.
- encamped — Simple past tense and past participle of encamp.
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- epagogic — relating to inductive reasoning
- epically — In an epic manner.
- epicalyx — (botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx.
- epicarps — Plural form of epicarp.
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- epigamic — attractive to the opposite sex
- epitaxic — relating to epitaxy
- epitheca — (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- escapade — An act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- escapees — Plural form of escapee.
- escapers — Plural form of escaper.
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- escapism — The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
- ethercap — a spider
- ettercap — a spider
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- facepalm — the gesture of placing the palm of one's hand across the face, as to express embarrassment, frustration, disbelief, etc. (often used as an interjection): She read the post and comments and did a facepalm. Okay, that was dumb—facepalm!
- fat camp — a residential camp at which children undergo a programme of exercise, diet change, etc, intended to help them lose weight
- flapjack — a pancake or griddlecake.
- flat cap — A flat cap is the same as a cloth cap.
- flatpack — A package for an integrated circuit consisting of a rectangular sealed unit with a number of horizontal metal pins protruding from its sides.
- flatpick — a plectrum
- foolscap — a type of inexpensive writing paper, especially legal-size, lined, yellow sheets, bound in tablet form.
- footpace — walking pace.
- gazpacho — a soup made of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, oil, and vinegar, and served cold.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- glooscap — (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- hairclip — A clip to hold back the hair.
- half-cup — half of a cup, equal to 4 fluid ounces (0.1 liter) or 8 tablespoons.
- halfpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.