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8-letter words containing t, o, p, e

  • peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
  • phaethon — a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
  • phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
  • phonetic — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
  • photogen — a light oil obtained by the distillation of bituminous shale, coal, or peat: once commercially produced chiefly as an illuminant and as a solvent.
  • photoset — photocompose.
  • picotite — a dark-brown mineral containing iron, magnesium, and chromium
  • piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
  • piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
  • piemonte — Italian name of Piedmont.
  • pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
  • pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
  • pimentón — smoked chilli powder
  • pimiento — the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
  • pinochet — Augusto (auˈɣusto). 1915-2006, Chilean general and statesman; president of Chile (1974–90) following his overthrow of Allende (1973): charged (2001) with murder and kidnapping but found unfit to stand trial
  • pinotage — a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage
  • 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
  • pisolite — limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
  • pistolet — a small gun
  • plectron — plectrum.
  • pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
  • plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
  • pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
  • plotless — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
  • plotline — The plotline of a book, film, or play is its plot and the way in which it develops.
  • plottage — the area within or comprising a plot of land.
  • pochette — kit2 .
  • pocketer — a person who pockets something
  • podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
  • poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
  • poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
  • poetizer — a person who composes verses, usually of an inferior nature
  • poetless — having no poet
  • poetlike — resembling a poet
  • poetship — the state or function of being poet
  • 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
  • pokeroot — pokeweed
  • polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
  • polestar — Polaris.
  • politely — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
  • politest — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
  • polities — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
  • pollster — a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
  • polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
  • polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
  • polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
  • polyteny — the condition of being polytene
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