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