8-letter words containing p, t, e
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- complect — to interweave or entwine
- complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- completo — (slang) A hot dog with the works.
- compotes — Plural form of compote.
- computed — Calculate or reckon (a figure or amount).
- computer — a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers
- computes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute.
- concepts — a general notion or idea; conception.
- conepati — hog-nosed skunk (def 2).
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- contempo — contemporary
- contempt — If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
- cooptive — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- coparent — a fellow parent
- copemate — a partner, comrade, paramour, or spouse
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- copyedit — to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
- copyleft — a form of licensing that imposes fewer restrictions on the use of a work than copyright
- coupette — a small coupe for serving dessert.
- couplets — Plural form of couplet.
- cpu time — processor time
- crapfest — (informal, vulgar) Something of incredibly low quality.
- crapplet — (web, abuse) A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- crispest — Superlative form of crisp.
- crowstep — corbiestep.
- crumpets — Plural form of crumpet.
- cup-tied — (of a team) unable to play another fixture because of involvement in a cup tie
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- 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
- da ponte — Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)
- data pen — a device for reading or scanning magnetically coded data on labels, packets, etc
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- 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.
- deep fat — cooking oil or fat that is deep enough in the pan to cover food that is to be deep-fried
- deep-set — Deep-set eyes seem to be further back in the face than most people's eyes.
- deepfelt — relating to a sincere or profound experience
- deepmost — most deep; deepest
- dempster — Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.
- departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
- departee — a person who departs or has departed