8-letter words containing t, a, l, p
- portable — portability
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- portaloo — a portable toilet
- 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
- 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.
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pottable — (of a snooker ball) able to be potted
- praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- prattler — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preallot — to allot in advance
- prealtar — in front of the altar.
- prealter — to alter beforehand
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- pretrial — a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- primatal — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pull tab — a metal tab or ring that is pulled to uncover the precut opening in a can or other container.
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- rataplan — a sound of or as of the beating of a drum.
- reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
- salt pan — an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- salt pit — a pit where salt is obtained.
- satrapal — relating to a satrap or satrapy
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- septical — septic
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- septleva — (in the card game of basset) an amount seven times as high as the player's original stake
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.