8-letter words containing p, t, c
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
- cut plug — compressed chewing tobacco in a portion-sized cake.
- cut-pile — having a pile with yarns that are cut instead of looped: a cut-pile carpet.
- cutpurse — a thief who stole purses by cutting them from the belts to which they were attached
- cyberpet — an electronic toy that simulates the activities of a pet, requiring the owner to feed, discipline, and entertain it
- data cap — a limit imposed on the amount of data that can be transferred to an electronic device
- decaplet — One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
- decrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt.
- decuplet — (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- 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.
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- despatch — dispatch
- 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.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- dipsetic — Tending to produce thirst.
- dipstick — a rod for measuring the depth of a liquid; especially, a thin metal rod used to measure the oil level in the crankcase of an automotive engine.
- diptychs — Plural form of diptych.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- dystopic — Dystopian.
- 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.
- ecotypes — Plural form of ecotype.
- ecotypic — Of or pertaining to an ecotype.
- ectropic — pertaining to ectropion
- elliptic — Of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
- empacket — to wrap up
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- encrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt.
- entoptic — (of visual sensation) resulting from structures within the eye itself
- entropic — Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
- epitaxic — relating to epitaxy
- epitheca — (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- epitomic — Embodying, summarizing, encapsulating.
- epitonic — undergoing too great a strain
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- ethercap — a spider
- ethiopic — the ancient language of Ethiopia, belonging to the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a Christian liturgical language
- ettercap — a spider
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eupeptic — Of or having good digestion or a consequent air of healthy good spirits.
- euphotic — Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.