8-letter words containing n, a, o, t
- optional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- orations — Plural form of oration.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- ordinant — a line parallel to the y-axis or a distance of one point from the x-axis
- ordinate — Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- organist — a person who plays the organ.
- oriental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
- ornament — an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- ortolans — Plural form of ortolan.
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- ossetian — Also, Ossetic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossetia, a region in Caucasia, or the Ossets, the people living there.
- ostinato — a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- ostracon — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- ottavino — a piccolo
- ottomans — Plural form of ottoman.
- ottonian — of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outlearn — to exceed in learning
- outpaint — to exceed in painting
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outspans — Plural form of outspan.
- outstand — to be prominent.
- outthank — to outdo in thanking
- outvaunt — to outdo in boasting
- ovations — Plural form of ovation.
- overneat — too neat
- owatonna — a city in S Minnesota.
- ozenfant — Amédée [a-mey-dey] /a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1966, French painter and writer, in the U.S. after 1938.
- 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.
- pantheon — a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885.
- pantofle — a slipper.
- pantonal — marked by or using pantonality.
- paste-on — that can be pasted or stuck on: canning jars with paste-on labels.
- pat-down — an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
- patentor — a person or official agency that grants patents.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- pathogen — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.