4-letter words containing c
- orca — the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orch — orchestra
- orcs — Plural form of orc.
- osce — Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- otec — a solar energy conversion system for producing electricity, using warm and cold ocean layers to vaporize and condense a fluid that drives a turbine
- otic — of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- ouch — a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
- paca — a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- pack — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- paco — an alpaca
- pact — an agreement, covenant, or compact: We made a pact not to argue any more.
- pacy — You use pacy to describe someone, especially a sports player, who has the ability to move very quickly.
- parc — XEROX PARC
- pasc — Perceptional Adaptive Subband Coding
- pcjr — IBM PCjr
- pcos — polycystic ovary syndrome
- pcso — Police Community Support Officer
- pcte — Portable Common Tool Environment
- peck — Annie Smith, 1850–1935, U.S. mountain climber.
- pecs — a city in SW Hungary.
- perc — perk3 .
- pgce — In Britain, a PGCE is a teaching qualification that qualifies someone with a degree to teach in a state school. PGCE is an abbreviation for 'Postgraduate Certificate of Education'. Compare BEd.
- pica — an abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat, as chalk or clay, common in malnutrition, pregnancy, etc.
- pice — a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna. Compare pie5 .
- pich — a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- pick — to cast (a shuttle).
- picl — Language on Ncube or iPSC machines?
- pics — Platform for Internet Content Selection
- pict — a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- pock — a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
- poco — somewhat; rather: poco presto.
- ppcp — PowerPC Platform
- prec — preceding
- proc — (language) The job control language used in the Pick operating system.
- ptca — percutaneous translumenal coronary angioplasty, a technique for inserting a catheter into an artery to prevent congestive heart disease
- puca — (in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- puce — of a dark or brownish purple.
- puck — Also called Hobgoblin, Robin Goodfellow. a particularly mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- pyic — an albuminous constituent of pus.
- qcif — Quarter CIF
- raca — a biblical word meaning 'worthless' or 'empty'
- race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- racf — Resource Access Control Facility
- rach — A dog that hunts by scent.
- rack — the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- racq — Royal Automobile Club of Queensland
- racy — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- raec — Royal Army Educational Corps
- ramc — Royal Army Medical Corps