8-letter words that end in at
- pack rat — person who hoards or collects
- pack-rat — to save in the manner of a pack rat: I’m looking through the stuff my grandpa pack-ratted away in the attic.
- paraquat — a toxic herbicide, C 1 2 H 1 4 N 2 ⋅2CH 3 SO 4 , applied to food and flower crops and to highway borders as a defoliant and weed-killer.
- pea coat — A pea coat or a pea jacket is a short, double-breasted overcoat made of wool and worn especially by sailors.
- placemat — Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.
- pluck at — If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently.
- plug hat — plug (def 19).
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- pressfat — a wine vat
- pretreat — to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment: to pretreat wood before staining it.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
- red meat — any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton (distinguished from white meat).
- redefeat — to defeat again
- reformat — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- rerepeat — to repeat again
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rice rat — any rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail, especially O. palustris, inhabiting rice fields and marshes of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
- rink rat — a youth who spends a great deal of time at a hockey rink, helping with maintenance work, sweeping, etc., often without pay or in return for free admission to the rink.
- roof rat — a black rat, Rattus rattus alexandrinus, often found on the upper floors of buildings in warm areas.
- rubaiyat — (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- run-flat — (of an automobile tire) constructed so as not to deflate completely after a puncture so that a motorist can still drive the vehicle for some distance.
- rush mat — a small piece of material made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus), which is put on the ground or floor for protection, decoration, or comfort
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- salariat — the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- samizdat — a clandestine publishing system within the Soviet Union, by which forbidden or unpublishable literature was reproduced and circulated privately.
- sand rat — gerbil.
- say what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- she-goat — a female goat
- shoot at — fire a weapon towards
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- smallsat — a small communications satellite
- sniff at — show contempt
- soft hat — a hat made from soft rather than stiff and structured materials
- somewhat — in some measure or degree; to some extent: not angry, just somewhat disturbed.
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- standpat — standpatter.
- stick at — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- strawhat — of or relating to a summer theater situated outside an urban or metropolitan area: strawhat theater; strawhat circuit.
- surf mat — a small inflatable rubber mattress used to ride on waves
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- swear at — use bad language towards, curse at
- tablemat — a small mat used on a table to protect the surface of the table from the plate and from food
- tag boat — a small rowboat usually towed astern of a larger vessel.
- tailcoat — A tailcoat is a man's coat which is short at the front with long pieces at the back. Tailcoats were popular in the 19th century and are now worn only for very formal occasions, such as weddings.