8-letter words containing n, a, s, e, p
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- phase in — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phase-in — an act or instance of phasing in; gradual introduction or implementation.
- pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- pin seal — leather made of the skin of young seals.
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- piranesi — Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- planless — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- pleasant — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- proseman — a writer of prose
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sandpeep — any of various small sandpipers
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sapience — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- scalepan — scale2 (def 2).
- sea pink — thrift (def 3).
- seaplane — an airplane provided with floats for taking off from or landing on water.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- sinapine — an alkaloid, C 1 6 H 2 5 NO 5 , found in the seeds of the black mustard.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- snap pea — a variety of the common pea having rounded, crisp, edible pods eaten raw or cooked.
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.
- spaceman — an astronaut.
- spademan — a man who works with spade
- spaldeen — a smooth, pink rubber ball used in playing catch, stickball, etc.
- spalpeen — a lad or boy.
- span-new — brand-new.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.