8-letter words containing p, a, t, i
- expiator — One who makes expiation or atonement.
- expirant — a person who expires
- fat pine — lightwood.
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- flatpick — a plectrum
- fleapits — Plural form of fleapit.
- flippant — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- gallipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- ganapati — (Hinduism) Lord of the demigods attending on Shiva. An epithet of Ganesha.
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- harpists — Plural form of harpist.
- hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hepatite — a type of barite mineral with a sulphuric odour
- hepatize — to transform into a liver-like substance
- hip bath — small bathtub or bath chair
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- impacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- impanate — (of the body of Christ) contained in the bread of the Eucharist
- imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imparter — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- impastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impaste.
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- implants — Plural form of implant.
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- ion trap — any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.
- ipatieff — Vladimir Nikolaievich (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˌnɪkəˈlaɪəvɪtʃ). 1867–1952, US physicist, born in Russia. He discovered the structure of isoprene (1897) and later developed high-octane fuels
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- irapuato — a city in Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- kalumpit — a fruit tree of the genus Terminalia, with small yellow flowers, native to the Philippines
- lalitpur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- lapactic — purgative; cathartic.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lisptalk — "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).