8-letter words containing a, n, o, t, i
- pacation — the act of making peace
- paignton — a town and resort in SW England, in Devon: administratively part of Torbay since 1968
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- paintpot — a container for holding paint while it is being applied
- panoptic — permitting the viewing of all parts or elements: a panoptic stain used in microscopy; a panoptic aerial photograph of an enemy missile base.
- patinous — patinated.
- photinia — any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- pinotage — a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- 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.
- poignant — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- pointman — soldier who walks at the front of an infantry patrol in combat
- politian — (Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- 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.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- potation — the act of drinking.
- potentia — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- rain out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rain-out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- rigatoni — a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rogation — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rotarian — a member of a Rotary Club.
- rotating — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rotation — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- santonin — a crystalline compound, C 1 5 H 1 8 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- santorin — Thera.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.