8-letter words containing n, i, t, p
- phytonic — of or relating to a phyton
- pianette — a small upright piano.
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- piemonte — Italian name of Piedmont.
- pieplant — the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
- piloting — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- pimentón — smoked chilli powder
- pimiento — the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- pin knot — a knot in lumber less than 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) in diameter.
- pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
- pin-spot — to illuminate with a pin spot.
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- pinchgut — someone who does not give other people enough food
- pine nut — Also, pignoli. the seed of any of several pine trees, as the piñon, eaten roasted or salted or used in making candy, pastry, etc., after removing the hard seed coat.
- pine tar — a very viscid, blackish-brown liquid having an odor resembling that of turpentine, obtained by the destructive distillation of pine wood, used in paints, roofing, soaps, and, medicinally, for skin infections.
- pink tea — a formal tea or reception.
- pinkroot — the root of any of various plants belonging to the genus Spigelia, of the logania family, especially that of S. marilandica of the U.S., that is used as a vermifuge.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pinnati- — pinnate or pinnately
- pinochet — Augusto (auˈɣusto). 1915-2006, Chilean general and statesman; president of Chile (1974–90) following his overthrow of Allende (1973): charged (2001) with murder and kidnapping but found unfit to stand trial
- pinotage — a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage
- pinpoint — the point of a pin.
- pintable — a pinball machine
- pirating — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pit pony — formerly, a pony used in coal mines to pull loads of coal
- pit-sawn — (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit
- pitcairn — British island in Polynesia, in the South Pacific: 1.8 sq mi (4.6 sq km); pop. 54
- pitch in — to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like).
- pitch on — to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like).
- pitching — any of various dark, tenacious, and viscous substances for caulking and paving, consisting of the residue of the distillation of coal tar or wood tar.
- 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.
- pitikins — a mild oath (esp in the phrase ods pitikins)
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- pivot on — If one thing pivots on another, it depends on it.
- pivoting — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- plainant — a plaintiff
- plaiting — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- plantain — any plant of the genus Plantago, especially P. major, a weed with large, spreading leaves close to the ground and long, slender spikes of small flowers.
- planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- platinic — of or containing platinum, especially in the tetravalent state.
- platino- — of, relating to, containing, or resembling platinum
- 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.
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- platting — a plait or braid.
- pleating — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plentier — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.