8-letter words containing p, a, r, t, s
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- ramparts — Fortification. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet.
- rapports — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- satrapal — relating to a satrap or satrapy
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- septaria — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- soaproot — any plant of the genus Chlorogalum whose roots may be used as a soap substitute
- soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
- sparklet — a small spark.
- sparsity — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- splatter — an act or instance of splattering.
- sprattle — a struggle; fight.
- spreathe — to chap
- star map — star chart.
- starlisp — *LISP
- starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- starspot — a dark patch on the surface of a star
- start up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- start-up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stoppard — Tom (Thomas Straussler) born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.
- strapped — needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
- strapper — a person or thing that straps.
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- superate — overcome; surmounted; surpassed
- supertax — Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- sympatry — the occurrence of sympatric organisms
- tamper's — a person or thing that tamps.
- tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- to spare — more than is required
- transept — any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- tranship — transship