8-letter words containing p, c, e
- 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.
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- 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.
- peculium — property that a father or master allowed his child or slave to hold as his own
- pedalcar — a four-wheeled vehicle that is operated by pedals, usually a child's toy
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- peduncle — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- peiching — Beijing.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pellicle — a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- 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
- pendency — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- pendicle — a piece of land or property forming a subsidiary to an estate
- penneech — a card game in which the seven of diamonds is the highest card and the trump suit changes with each trick
- penoncel — pencel.
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pentacle — pentagram.
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- pentomic — pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- penuchle — pinochle.
- penuckle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- penzance — a seaport in SW Cornwall, in the SW extremity of England: resort.
- peptidic — of or pertaining to peptides; of the nature of peptides
- per cent — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- peracute — (of diseases, chiefly in animals) very severe; very acute
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- percepts — the mental result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; an impression or sensation of something perceived.
- perceval — Spencer, 1762–1812, British statesman: prime minister 1809–12.
- perchery — a barn in which hens are allowed to move without restriction
- percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
- perclose — parclose.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perfecta — exacta.
- perfecti — the elite group of the Cathars, characterized by their extreme asceticism, and thereby viewed by their followers as trans-material angels
- perfecto — a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.