8-letter words containing a, t, p, u
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.
- paulette — a female given name: derived from Paul.
- pay-stub — a document attached to or accompanying a paycheck as a record of gross earnings and deductions.
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- penutian — a group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote period.
- peracute — (of diseases, chiefly in animals) very severe; very acute
- perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- petalous — having petals.
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- petanque — a form of lawn bowling originating in France, usually played on rough ground using steel balls.
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- phaestus — Phaistos.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- pictural — a picture
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- plan out — organize in detail
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
- plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- play out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- pluck at — If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently.
- plug hat — plug (def 19).
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- 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.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- pub date — publication date.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- pull tab — a metal tab or ring that is pulled to uncover the precut opening in a can or other container.
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.