8-letter words containing p, i, e, c
- mephitic — offensive to the smell.
- mericarp — one of the carpels of a schizocarp.
- messapic — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- midspace — an area between two celestial objects
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- misprice — To price incorrectly or unsuitably.
- misspace — to space out wrongly
- nepionic — of or relating to the juvenile period in the life cycle of an organism
- newsclip — A very high level language designed for writing netnews filters. It translates into C. It includes support for various newsreaders. Version 1.01 includes a translator from NewsClip to C, examples and documentation. NewsClip was written by Looking Glass Software Ltd. and is distributed and used by ClariNet Communications Corporation It is only supported for ClariNet customers. Output of the filters may not be sold and donation for use of this program is hinted at. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- opificer — someone who makes something; a craftsman
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- p-celtic — the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound became a p -sound. Welsh, Breton, Cornish, and Gaulish belong to P-Celtic.
- pacified — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- pacifier — a person or thing that pacifies.
- pack ice — a large area of floating ice formed over a period of many years and consisting of pieces of ice driven together by wind, current, etc.
- palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- panicked — 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.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- pannicle — a thin layer of body tissue
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- patience — a female given name.
- patrices — a mold of a Linotype for casting right-reading type for use in dry offset.
- pc-tiles — (language) A visual programming language.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- 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
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- peculium — property that a father or master allowed his child or slave to hold as his own
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- 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.
- pendicle — a piece of land or property forming a subsidiary to an estate
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- 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.
- peptidic — of or pertaining to peptides; of the nature of peptides