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8-letter words containing o, p, t, e

  • polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
  • pommetty — having a pommel
  • pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
  • poncelet — Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
  • pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)
  • pontoise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
  • popstrel — a young, attractive female pop star
  • populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
  • porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
  • portable — portability
  • portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
  • portance — bearing; behavior.
  • portered — (of an apartment block) serviced by a caretaker
  • porterly — pertaining to or characteristic of a porter
  • portesse — a small book of prayers, psalms, hymns, etc
  • portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
  • porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
  • portiere — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
  • portless — a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
  • portress — a woman who has charge of a door or gate; a female doorkeeper.
  • portside — situated on the port side
  • positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
  • postages — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
  • postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
  • postcode — an official code used by the post office, similar to the U.S. zip code, that adds numbers and letters to addresses to expedite mail delivery.
  • postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
  • postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
  • postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
  • postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
  • 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.
  • postgres — (database)   An active DBMS developed at the University of California at Berkeley by a team led by Michael Stonebraker (1986-1994). Postgres was later taken by Illustra and developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought by Informix and integrated into their product, Universal Server.
  • postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
  • posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
  • postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
  • postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
  • postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
  • postpose — to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”.
  • postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
  • postrace — designating the period after a race
  • postteen — a person older than a teenager; young adult
  • posttest — an achievement test administered after a course of instruction.
  • potatoes — Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
  • potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
  • potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
  • potentia — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
  • potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
  • potestas — the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
  • potholed — A potholed road has a lot of potholes in it.
  • potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
  • pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
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