8-letter words containing p, a, t, r, o
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
- polestar — Polaris.
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- pop star — a famous singer or musician who performs pop music
- portable — portability
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- portaloo — a portable toilet
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- portrait — a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits.
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- post-war — following a major conflict
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- potatory — of, relating to, or given to drinking.
- potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- preallot — to allot in advance
- predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- pretoria — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- pro rata — proportionately
- pro-rata — proportionately determined: a pro-rata share of income.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- pronator — Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- protozoa — a major grouping or superphylum of the kingdom Protista, comprising the protozoans.
- protract — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.