8-letter words containing p, a, t, o
- irapuato — a city in Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- jogpants — a pair of trousers worn for jogging
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lamppost — a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- map onto — to fit in with or correspond to
- marsport — a spoilsport
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- nonparty — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- occipita — Plural form of occiput.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
- octaloop — (genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif.
- octapody — (in poetic metre) a line, stanza, or piece of poetic writing that contains eight feet
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
- operetta — a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing
- oppilate — to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- optation — (obsolete) The act of optating; a wish.
- optative — designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- optician — a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- optimate — a Roman aristocrat
- optional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- out-pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.