8-letter words containing p, a, n, t
- pentacle — pentagram.
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- pentagon — a polygon having five angles and five sides.
- pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- penutian — a group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote period.
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pet name — a name or a term of address used to express affection for a person, thing, etc.
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- petaline — pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- petanque — a form of lawn bowling originating in France, usually played on rough ground using steel balls.
- peterman — a safecracker.
- petnaper — a person who thieves a pet in order to exact money in exchange for its return or to sell it
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- 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.
- phantasm — an apparition or specter.
- phantast — a visionary or dreamer.
- phantasy — fantasy.
- pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- 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.
- phthalin — any of a group of compounds obtained by the reduction of the phthaleins.
- pianette — a small upright piano.
- pieplant — the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- 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).
- 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.
- pinnati- — pinnate or pinnately
- pinotage — a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage
- pintable — a pinball machine
- pirating — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- 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
- 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.
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- placenta — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- plainant — a plaintiff
- plaiting — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plan out — organize in detail
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- planet x — a planet (beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto) whose existence has been hypothesized but not confirmed.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- plangent — resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.