8-letter words containing p, i, t, r
- picritic — containing picrate; of or relating to picrate
- pictural — a picture
- pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pie cart — a mobile van selling warmed-up food and drinks
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
- pillaret — a small pillar.
- pillwort — a small Eurasian water fern, Pilularia globulifera, with globular spore-producing bodies and grasslike leaves
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- 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.
- pinkroot — the root of any of various plants belonging to the genus Spigelia, of the logania family, especially that of S. marilandica of the U.S., that is used as a vermifuge.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pipewort — a perennial plant, Eriocaulon septangulare, of wet places in W Republic of Ireland, the Scottish Hebrides, and the eastern US, having a twisted flower stalk and a greenish-grey scaly flower head: family Eriocaulaceae
- pirating — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- piscator — fisherman.
- pit prop — a wooden beam used to prop up the roof of a tunnel in a coal mine
- pitcairn — British island in Polynesia, in the South Pacific: 1.8 sq mi (4.6 sq km); pop. 54
- pith ray — medullary ray.
- pityroid — scaly; resembling bran.
- plaister — plaster.
- plentier — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- pliotron — any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
- podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- poetizer — a person who composes verses, usually of an inferior nature
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poitiers — a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- poitrine — a woman's bosom
- 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.
- poristic — of or relating to a porism
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- porosity — the state or quality of being porous.
- portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
- portiere — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- portrait — a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits.
- portside — situated on the port side
- positron — an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postriot — of or relating to the period after a riot
- potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- prakriti — (in Sankhya philosophy) primal matter or substance from which the physical and mental universe evolves under the influence of purusha.
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- pre-edit — to edit in advance
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- prebirth — the period, usually six months, preceding a child's birth.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.