8-letter words containing p, i, e, t
- centiped — Archaic form of centipede.
- cesspits — Plural form of cesspit.
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- chip set — (hardware) A collection of integrated circuits that are designed to be used together for some specific purpose. E.g. control circuitry in an IBM PC.
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chipsets — Plural form of chipset.
- conepati — hog-nosed skunk (def 2).
- cooptive — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- copyedit — to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
- cpu time — processor time
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- crispest — Superlative form of crisp.
- cup-tied — (of a team) unable to play another fixture because of involvement in a cup tie
- cut-pile — having a pile with yarns that are cut instead of looped: a cut-pile carpet.
- decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
- depeinct — to depict
- depicted — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depicter — A person who depicts (a specified subject).
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depilate — to remove the hair from
- deposite — Obsolete spelling of deposit.
- deposits — Plural form of deposit.
- depretis — Agostino (aɡoˈstiːno). 1813–87, Italian statesman; prime minister (1876–78; 1878–79; 1881–87). His policy led to the Triple Alliance (1882) between Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany
- deputies — Plural form of deputy.
- deputing — Present participle of depute.
- deputise — to appoint as deputy.
- deputize — If you deputize for someone, you do something on their behalf, for example attend a meeting.
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- despited — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- dewpoint — temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- diapente — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fifth
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.
- dioptres — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- dipsetic — Tending to produce thirst.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- disputed — to engage in argument or debate.
- disputer — One who disputes.
- disputes — Plural form of dispute.
- dumpsite — dump (def 17).
- ecliptic — Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
- ecotypic — Of or pertaining to an ecotype.
- ectropic — pertaining to ectropion
- ego trip — sth done to satisfy yourself