8-letter words containing s, p, i, c
- lip-sync — the technical process by which this is done.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- lipstick — a crayonlike oil-based cosmetic used in coloring the lips, usually in a tubular container.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- 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.
- misprice — To price incorrectly or unsuitably.
- misspace — to space out wrongly
- mopstick — a mop handle
- newsclip — A very high level language designed for writing netnews filters. It translates into C. It includes support for various newsreaders. Version 1.01 includes a translator from NewsClip to C, examples and documentation. NewsClip was written by Looking Glass Software Ltd. and is distributed and used by ClariNet Communications Corporation It is only supported for ClariNet customers. Output of the filters may not be sold and donation for use of this program is hinted at. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- nutpicks — Plural form of nutpick.
- occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- opinicus — a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- opticist — a person engaged in the fields of theoretical or applied optics.
- 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.
- pc-tiles — (language) A visual programming language.
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pericles — c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- perisarc — the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- phthisic — a wasting disease of the lungs; phthisis.
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physico- — physical, physical and
- pickiest — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- pickings — the act of a person or thing that picks.
- pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- picumnus — one of two ancient Roman fertility gods.
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- pigstick — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- 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.
- pochismo — an English word or expression borrowed into Spanish; a Spanish word showing U.S. influence.