8-letter words containing m, a, t, p
- kalumpit — a fruit tree of the genus Terminalia, with small yellow flowers, native to the Philippines
- lamppost — a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- mag tape — a magnetic tape used for recording data.
- maladapt — To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
- malapert — unbecomingly bold or saucy.
- man-trap — an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- mantraps — Plural form of mantrap.
- map onto — to fit in with or correspond to
- marsport — a spoilsport
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- meat pie — pastry containing meat
- meneptah — Merneptah.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- milpitas — a town in W California.
- misadapt — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- mispaint — to paint badly or wrongly
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- misstamp — to stamp badly
- 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.
- mixtapes — Plural form of mixtape.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- 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.
- nit-lamp — jacklight.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- optimate — a Roman aristocrat
- optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palmette — a conventionalized shape in the form of palmately spread leaves or sections, used as ornamentation. Compare anthemion, lotus (def 5).
- palmetto — any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- palmitic — of or derived from palmitic acid.
- palmitin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 1 H 9 8 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.
- palometa — a pompano, Trachinotus goodei, of tropical and temperate Atlantic seas, having long, tapering fins.
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- parament — a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- paramita — any of the practices prescribed for one aspiring to nirvana.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- pastrami — a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.
- patagium — a wing membrane, as of a bat.
- pathname — the sequence of symbols and names indicating the location of a particular file in a hierarchical file system.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).