8-letter words containing p, r, a, c, t
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- ethercap — a spider
- ettercap — a spider
- heptarch — A heptarchist.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- pack rat — person who hoards or collects
- pack-rat — to save in the manner of a pack rat: I’m looking through the stuff my grandpa pack-ratted away in the attic.
- particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patrices — a mold of a Linotype for casting right-reading type for use in dry offset.
- patricia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”.
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- peracute — (of diseases, chiefly in animals) very severe; very acute
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- perfecta — exacta.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- petrarch — (Francesco Petrarca) 1304–74, Italian poet and scholar.
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- picrated — containing picrate
- pictural — a picture
- pie cart — a mobile van selling warmed-up food and drinks
- piscator — fisherman.
- pitcairn — British island in Polynesia, in the South Pacific: 1.8 sq mi (4.6 sq km); pop. 54
- placater — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- plackart — placate2 .
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praefect — a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- protract — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rat pack — a close-knit group of people with common interests who participate in various professional and recreational activities together.
- rat-pack — a close-knit group of people with common interests who participate in various professional and recreational activities together.
- rate-cap — In Britain, when a local council was rate-capped, the government prevented it from increasing local taxes called rates, in order to force the council to reduce its spending or make it more efficient.
- reaccept — to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal.