8-letter words containing p, i, c, n
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sapience — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- scalping — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scalpins — small stones used to improve drainage
- scamping — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scooping — a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- scraping — an act or instance of scraping.
- sculping — the act of cutting the skin and its adhering fat from the body of a seal.
- sinciput — the forepart of the skull.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- spacings — an act of someone or something that spaces.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- 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.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- splicing — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- stickpin — a decorative straight pin with a jeweled or ornamented head and a long shaft with a sheath for encasing the point, used for holding an ascot or necktie in place.
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncopic — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- tympanic — pertaining or belonging to a tympanum.
- uncipher — to decode; decipher
- unpicked — to take out the stitches of (sewing, knitting, etc.).
- unpoetic — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- unpriced — not priced; having no price shown or set.
- upcoming — coming up; about to take place, appear, or be presented: the upcoming spring fashions.