8-letter words containing p, o, t, c
- 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
- octopods — Plural form of octopod.
- octopoid — of or like an octopus
- octopole — (physics) A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern.
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- op. cit. — In reference books, op. cit. is used after an author's name to refer to a book of theirs which has already been mentioned.
- open cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- open-cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- 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.
- opticist — a person engaged in the fields of theoretical or applied optics.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- otoscope — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
- otoscopy — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outcrops — Plural form of outcrop.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outpitch — to exceed in pitching
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outpunch — to punch better than
- outscoop — to surpass in scooping
- pacation — the act of making peace
- pace out — If you pace out or pace off a distance, you measure it by walking from one end of it to the other.
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- panoptic — permitting the viewing of all parts or elements: a panoptic stain used in microscopy; a panoptic aerial photograph of an enemy missile base.
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- pea coat — A pea coat or a pea jacket is a short, double-breasted overcoat made of wool and worn especially by sailors.
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pentomic — pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- perfecto — a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.
- periotic — surrounding the ear.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- phimotic — constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
- phonetic — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photo cd — (multimedia, specification, standard, storage, graphics) A standard for storing photographic images on CD-ROM, produced by Kodak.
- photonic — of or relating to processes involving photons.
- phytonic — of or relating to a phyton