8-letter words containing p, i, e, c
- sapience — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- schepisi — Fred, full name Frederick Alan Schepisi. born 1939, Australian film director. His films include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Last Orders (2001), and The Eye of the Storm (2011)
- 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.
- seapiece — seascape (def 1).
- semplice — to be performed in a simple manner
- septical — septic
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- 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
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- 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.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- 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
- surplice — a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- tie clip — clasp for securing a necktie
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- toe clip — a device attached to a bicycle pedal that grips the front part of the rider's shoe to keep the foot from slipping off the pedal.
- toe pick — one of the sharp teeth in the front part of a figure-skating blade.
- toepiece — toecap.
- 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.
- vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
- whitecap — a wave with a broken and foaming white crest.
- whitecup — a creeping South American plant, Nierembergia repens, of the nightshade family, having bell-shaped, lilac- or blue-tinged, cream-white flowers.
- zip code — numbers indicating postal area
- zip-code — to provide or mark with a zip code: Zip-code all mail.