8-letter words containing p, c, e
- screw up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw-up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrimper — a person who scrimps
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scripter — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- scrupler — a person with scruples
- scruples — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- seaperch — surfperch.
- seapiece — seascape (def 1).
- seascape — a sketch, painting, or photograph of the sea.
- semplice — to be performed in a simple manner
- septical — septic
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- shape_vc — A code management system which offers version control functionality similar to systems like RCS or SCCS with some extensions and a more Unix-like command interface.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- skyscape — a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- spacelab — a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.
- spaceman — an astronaut.
- spacewar — (games) A space-combat simulation game for the PDP-1 written in 1960-61 by Steve Russell, an employee at MIT. SPACEWAR was inspired by E. E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" books, in which two spaceships duel around a central sun, shooting torpedoes at each other and jumping through hyperspace. MIT were wondering what to do with a new vector video display so Steve wrote the world's first video game. Steve now lives in California and still writes software for HC12 emulators. SPACEWAR aficionados formed the core of the early hacker culture at MIT. Nine years later, a descendant of the game motivated Ken Thompson to build, in his spare time on a scavenged PDP-7, the operating system that became Unix. Less than nine years after that, SPACEWAR was commercialised as one of the first video games; descendants are still feeping in video arcades everywhere.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- specfp92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of CPU intensive floating-point benchmarks from SPEC (the geometric mean of the 14 SPEC ratios of CFP92). SPECfp92 can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on floating-point code.
- speciate — to form or develop into a new biological species
- specific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- speckled — dotted, flecked
- specmark — (benchmark) The average of a set of floating-point and integer SPEC benchmark results. While the old average SPECmark89 has been popular with the industry and the press, SPEC has intentionally *not* defined an average "SPECmark92" over all CPU benchmarks of the 1992 suites (CINT92 and CFP92), for the following reasons: With 6 integer (CINT92) and 14 floating-point (CFP92) benchmarks, the average would be biased too much toward floating-point. Customers' workloads are different, some integer-only, some floating-point intensive, some mixed. Current processors have developed their strengths in a more diverse way (some more emphasizing integer performance, some more floating-point performance) than in 1989. Some SPECmark results are available here. See also SPECint92, SPECfp92, SPECrate_int92, SPECrate_fp92.
- spectate — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- spectro- — indicating a spectrum
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- speculum — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- spherics — Also, sferics. (used with a singular verb) a branch of meteorology in which electronic devices are used to forecast the weather and to study atmospheric conditions.
- spice up — make more exciting
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- spitcher — the end or finish
- sprackle — to clamber or scramble upwards
- sprocket — Machinery. Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain. one tooth of such a wheel.
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- step cut — a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period