8-Letter Words Containing: P,T,E,R,I,O,N

• a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic

• insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

• the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material

• symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible

• (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

• a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

• a sudden very loud noise

• the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum

• a mark to indicate a direction or relation

• an indicator as on a dial

• (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions

• a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game

• a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides

• Pointed in shape; having a point or points.

• In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->).

• Reminiscent of pornography; somewhat pornographic.