8-letter words containing t, o, s, a
- paste-on — that can be pasted or stuck on: canning jars with paste-on labels.
- pastoral — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastorly — of or relating to a pastor
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- pathoses — a diseased condition.
- pathosis — a diseased condition.
- patinous — patinated.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.
- paviotso — Northern Paiute (def 1).
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- petalous — having petals.
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- piscator — fisherman.
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- polestar — Polaris.
- pop star — a famous singer or musician who performs pop music
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- post-bag — mailbag.
- post-war — following a major conflict
- postages — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postcava — See under vena cava.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- 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.
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- potatoes — Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- potestas — the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.