8-letter words containing m, a, t, p
- pattamar — a courier; a person who delivers messages on foot
- pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- permeate — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- pet name — a name or a term of address used to express affection for a person, thing, etc.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- peterman — a safecracker.
- phantasm — an apparition or specter.
- photomap — a mosaic of aerial photographs marked as a map, with grid lines, place-names, etc.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- placemat — Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
- plateman — a person who makes and sells plate armour
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- 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.
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.
- playmate — a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
- pointman — soldier who walks at the front of an infantry patrol in combat
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- premiate — to grant a prize or an award to.
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- primatal — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- 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.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- ramparts — Fortification. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet.
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.