8-letter words containing p, c, e
- prechill — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- precieux — (of a man) overly fastidious or refined; precious; affected.
- precinct — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precised — a concise summary.
- precited — cited previously
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- preclear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- preclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precrash — of or pertaining to the period before a crash, esp of a motor vehicle; coming into effect or being deployed prior to a crash
- precrime — of or relating to law-enforcement efforts and strategies to deter crime by predicting when and where criminal activity will occur.
- precurse — a foreshadowing or precursing
- precycle — to make purchasing decisions that will ultimately delay, reduce, or eliminate the need to recycle or dispose of waste: One way you can precycle is by buying food in bulk, so there's less packaging to throw away.
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefetch — instruction prefetch
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- prentice — a male given name.
- preplace — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- preprice — to price in advance
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- prescore — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- presence — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- preslice — to slice in advance
- pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.
- princeps — first edition.
- princess — a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- principe — an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Africa: one of the two chief components of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 54 sq. mi. (140 sq. km).
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- proceeds — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- procurer — a person who procures, especially a pander or pimp.
- produced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producer — a person who produces.
- prophecy — the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- prosecco — (sometimes lowercase) a variety of white wine, usually a sparkling wine, produced in several regions of northern Italy.
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- provence — a region in SE France, bordering on the Mediterranean: formerly a province; famous for medieval poetry and courtly traditions.
- province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- prudence — a female given name.
- pucelage — virginity
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- puckered — a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- puckerer — a person who puckers