8-letter words containing t, e, m, p
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- plumelet — a small plume.
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- pommetty — having a pommel
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- pre-empt — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- prelimit — to limit within bounds beforehand: The chairman prelimited his speech to 10 minutes.
- premiate — to grant a prize or an award to.
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- primates — 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
- promoted — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promoter — a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
- prompted — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- prompter — Commerce. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note) the contract setting the time limit.
- proteome — the entire complement of proteins found in an organism over its entire life cycle, or in a particular cell type at a particular time under defined environmental conditions.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- retemper — to add water to (mortar, concrete, etc that has become dry)
- sempster — a man who sews; tailor
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- septimus — a male given name.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- smokepot — a pot or device for producing smoke or a vapour resembling smoke
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- stampede — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stepdame — a stepmother.
- stompers — stamp (defs 1–3).
- strumpet — a prostitute; harlot.
- stumpage — standing timber with reference to its value.
- tamper's — a person or thing that tamps.
- tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.