8-letter words containing p, i, s, c, a
- crappies — Plural form of crappie.
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- dickslap — (slang, rare) An objectionable person.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispeace — an absence of peace
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- epicarps — Plural form of epicarp.
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- escapism — The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hispanic — Spanish.
- icepacks — Plural form of icepack.
- icescape — a landscape covered with ice or with snow and ice: the limitless icescapes of Antarctica.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- 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
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- misspace — to space out wrongly
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- pacifism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- patrices — a mold of a Linotype for casting right-reading type for use in dry offset.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- perisarc — the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- piscator — fisherman.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- placings — The placings in a competition are the relative positions of the competitors at the end or at a particular stage of the competition.
- plastics — made of plastic.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- priscian — flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- 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.
- saprobic — saprophyte.
- sapucaia — a Brazilian tree of the genus Lecythis