4-letter words containing t
- pfft — a sound that indicates the sudden disappearance or cessation of something
- phat — Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- phot — a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- phut — a representation of a muffled explosive sound
- piat — a spring-powered British antitank weapon of World War II, mounted on a tripod and capable of firing a 2½-pound (1-kg) bomb up to 350 yards (320 meters).
- pict — a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- piet — Scot. a magpie.
- pint — a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pita — a round, flat Middle Eastern bread that is often filled with meat, peppers, etc., to make a sandwich.
- pith — Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- piti — PITI is the components of a mortgage payment.
- pits — the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
- pitt — William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pity — sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy: to feel pity for astarving child.
- plat — a plait or braid.
- plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- poet — a person who composes poetry.
- polt — a thump or blow
- pont — (in South Africa) a river ferry, esp one that is guided by a cable from one bank to the other
- poot — a fart
- port — located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
- post — power-on self-test
- pote — to push, thrust
- pots — Plain Old Telephone Service
- pout — to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
- ppta — Post-primary Teachers Association
- pptp — Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- prat — the buttocks.
- pret — preterit
- prut — a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- psat — Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test: a multiple-choice test done at high school as a practice for college entrance tests
- psst — used to attract attention
- pstn — Public Switched Telephone Network
- pta. — peseta.
- ptah — an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- ptca — percutaneous translumenal coronary angioplasty, a technique for inserting a catheter into an artery to prevent congestive heart disease
- ptfe — polytetrafluoroethylene
- ptsd — PTSD is an abbreviation for post-traumatic stress disorder.
- ptui — used to suggest the sound of spitting
- punt — an ancient Egyptian name of an area not absolutely identified but believed to be Somaliland.
- putt — an act of putting.
- putz — fool; jerk.
- pvt. — Pvt. is used before a person's name as a written abbreviation for the military title private.
- pyat — the magpie
- q.t. — on the q.t., stealthily; secretly: to meet someone on the q.t.
- qats — an evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage.
- qktp — queen's knight's pawn
- qmtp — Quick Mail Transfer Protocol
- quat — (obsolete) A pustule.
- quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.