8-letter words containing a, l, t, o
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- plan out — organize in detail
- plankton — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- platino- — of, relating to, containing, or resembling platinum
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- platypod — Also, platypodous [pluh-tip-uh-duh s] /pləˈtɪp ə dəs/ (Show IPA). having a broad foot, as certain gastropod mollusks.
- play out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- plottage — the area within or comprising a plot of land.
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
- polestar — Polaris.
- politian — (Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- poll tax — a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- ponytail — an arrangement of the hair in a long lock drawn tightly against the back of the head and cinched so as to hang loosely.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portable — portability
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- portaloo — a portable toilet
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pottable — (of a snooker ball) able to be potted
- preallot — to allot in advance
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
- quotably — in a quotable manner
- rag bolt — barb bolt.
- rat-hole — a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.: The first chore in the old building is to plug up the ratholes.
- rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- rawlbolt — a proprietary anchor bolt for fixing into masonry etc
- realtone — a ringtone for a mobile phone that uses an original sound recording rather than an electronic tone
- rectoral — of or relating to God's rule
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- relocate — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- restoral — restoration.
- retailor — to make (clothing) suitable for a new person or purpose by changing the details