8-letter words containing t, a, i, c
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- race-fit — (of a person, animal, etc) fit or suitable for racing
- rachitic — rickets.
- rachitis — rickets.
- radicant — rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- radicate — to (cause to) take root
- raft ice — ice in cakes or sheets overlapping or piled on top of one another.
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- raticide — a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- reacting — to act or perform again.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reactive — tending to react.
- readdict — to cause (a person) to become addicted to something again
- retiracy — retirement
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rice rat — any rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail, especially O. palustris, inhabiting rice fields and marshes of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
- riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- sabbatic — of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- sacristy — an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
- sadistic — pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty: a sadistic psychopath.
- sagacity — acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
- salacity — lustful or lecherous.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctity — holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- sanscrit — Sanskrit
- santalic — of sandalwood
- sarmatic — of or relating to Sarmatia or its inhabitants
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- scanties — women's underwear
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- scariest — causing fright or alarm.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scatting — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- sciatica — pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.