8-letter words containing n, a, o, t
- patinous — patinated.
- patronal — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronne — a woman who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- pentagon — a polygon having five angles and five sides.
- pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pfortran — Parallel Fortran
- phaethon — a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
- 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).
- plan out — organize in detail
- plankton — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- 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.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- 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.
- poontang — sexual intercourse with a woman.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- 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.
- powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
- pronator — Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- 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.
- quantong — quandong.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- 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.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- 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.