8-letter words containing a, n, e, p
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- deplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of deplane.
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- depurant — purifying
- diapente — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fifth
- diaphane — Something transparent or diaphanous.
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- dungheap — pile of dung
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- eaten up — food: finished
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- empanada — A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savory ingredients and baked or fried.
- empanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empanel.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- empyrean — Belonging to or deriving from heaven.
- encamped — Simple past tense and past participle of encamp.
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- endpaper — A blank or decorated leaf of paper at the beginning or end of a book, especially one fixed to the inside of the cover.
- endplate — any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- engrasps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrasp.
- enplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of enplane.
- enplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enplane.
- ensample — (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- ependyma — (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.
- ephesian — of or relating to Ephesus
- epifauna — animals that live on the seabed surface
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- epiphany — The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- european — geography
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- expanses — Plural form of expanse.
- expirant — a person who expires
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- explants — Plural form of explant.