7-letter words containing p, c, n
- linpack — 1. A package of linear algebra routines. 2. The kernel benchmark developed from the "LINPACK" package of linear algebra routines. It was written by Jack Dongarra <[email protected]> in Fortran and is commonly used in that language but there is also a C version. Source Code by FTP: single precision Fortran, double precision Fortran, C.
- manpack — a compact load able to be carried by one person
- nephric — renal.
- nepotic — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- nipmuck — a member of an Algonquian Indian people living in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass.
- nitpick — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- noplace — nowhere.
- nutpick — a thin, sharp-pointed table implement or device for removing the edible kernels from nuts.
- nymphic — relating to a nymph
- on spec — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- opendoc — (operating system) A compound document architecture from CIL based on CORBA. It aims to enable embedding of features from different application programs into a single working document.
- opsonic — of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- pa chin — (Li Fei-kan) Ba Jin.
- paceman — a fast bowler
- pack in — Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt.
- packing — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- packman — a peddler.
- paction — an agreement or bargain
- panacea — an ancient Greek goddess of healing.
- panache — a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
- pancake — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- panchax — any of a variety of colorful tropical Old World fishes of the genus Aplocheilus and related genera: popular in home aquariums.
- pandect — pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- panicky — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- panicle — a compound raceme.
- panicum — any of the grasses in the genus Panicum, including panic grass
- panocha — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- panoche — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- patchen — Kenneth, 1911–72, U.S. poet and novelist.
- patency — the state of being patent.
- patonce — (of a cross) having limbs which broaden from the centre and are floriated at the end
- paunchy — having a large and protruding belly; potbellied: a paunchy middle-aged man.
- peccant — sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- pecking — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- pemican — 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.
- penance — a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- penicil — a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar.
- pentact — a sponge spicule with five rays
- pentice — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- penuche — Also, panocha. Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. a fudgelike candy made of brown sugar, butter, and milk, usually with nuts.
- percent — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- percine — a perch-like fish, esp one belonging to the family Percidae
- pericon — Argentinian dance
- phocine — of or relating to seals.
- phocion — 402?–317 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- phonics — a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- phrenic — Anatomy. of or relating to the diaphragm.
- picante — prepared so as to be very hot and spicy, especially with a hot and spicy sauce.
- picinni — Piccinni, Niccolò.