8-letter words that end in pe
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- liripipe — a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- mag tape — a magnetic tape used for recording data.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- mindwipe — (transitive, science fiction) To erase the memories and personality, while still leaving an intact, living brain and body. This is frequently portrayed as a form of capital punishment, which leaves an viable body into which a different personality or mind can be uploaded.
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- mix tape — a recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person: My boyfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday.
- monotype — the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
- myoscope — an instrument for observing muscular contraction.
- nametape — a fabric tape on which a person's name is written, woven, or printed: for affixing to garments and other personal belongings to identify ownership.
- netscape — 1. Netscape Navigator. 2. Netscape Communications Corporation.
- new hope — a town in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- optotype — type used on an eye chart.
- otoscope — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
- overhope — excessive hope
- overhype — to promote excessively
- overripe — too ripe; more than ripe: overripe tomatoes.
- overtype — to replace (typed text) by typing new text in the same place
- paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
- penelope — Classical Mythology. the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy.
- pericope — a selection or extract from a book.
- philippe — full name Philippe Léopold Louis Marie. born 1960, king of Belgium from 2013
- polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
- praecipe — any of various legal writs commanding a defendant to do something or to appear and show why it should not be done.
- praesepe — an open star cluster in the center of the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye.
- preshape — to shape beforehand so as to be ready for use
- principe — an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Africa: one of the two chief components of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 54 sq. mi. (140 sq. km).
- rareripe — ripening early.
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- red tape — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- seascape — a sketch, painting, or photograph of the sea.
- serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- sex tape — a recording of a sexual encounter, esp one involving a celebrity
- skyscape — a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- tailpipe — an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- teletype — (lowercase) a network of teletypewriters with their connecting lines, switchboards, etc.
- the cape — Cape of Good Hope
- the rope — a rope, noose, or halter used for hanging
- topotype — a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected.
- trollope — Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
- truetype — (text, standard) An outline font standard first developed by Apple Computer, and later embraced by Microsoft, as a competitor to Adobe Systems, Inc.'s PostScript which is still more popular.
- varitype — to operate a Varityper.
- wet wipe — moist tissue
- windpipe — the trachea of an air-breathing vertebrate.
- xantippe — flourished late 5th century b.c, wife of Socrates.
- zoetrope — a device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.