8-letter words containing p, i, e, c
- pliocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 10 to 2 million years ago, and characterized by increased size and numbers of mammals, by the growth of mountains, and by global climatic cooling.
- poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- popsicle — ice lolly
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praecipe — any of various legal writs commanding a defendant to do something or to appear and show why it should not be done.
- 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
- precrime — of or relating to law-enforcement efforts and strategies to deter crime by predicting when and where criminal activity will occur.
- prentice — a male given name.
- preprice — to price in advance
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- preslice — to slice in advance
- 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.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- 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.
- pulicene — flea-ridden
- pulicide — a flea-killing substance
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- purlicue — a flourish at the end of a pen stroke
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- re-price — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- receipts — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- repacify — to pacify again
- replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- repriced — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- rescript — a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- resplice — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.