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8-letter words containing n, e, p, m

  • penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
  • penwoman — a female writer
  • perelman — S(idney) J(oseph) 1904–79, U.S. author.
  • pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
  • perineum — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
  • permeant — permeating; pervading.
  • peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
  • pet name — a name or a term of address used to express affection for a person, thing, etc.
  • peterman — a safecracker.
  • philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
  • phlegmon — a swollen, red, and painful mass affecting bodily tissue that may progress to abscess
  • phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
  • phonemes — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
  • phonemic — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phrenism — one of the three vital forces, which are non-physical life forces. Phrenism is the thought force, as opposed to neurism, the nerve force, and bathmism, the growth force.
  • pi meson — pion.
  • piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
  • piemonte — Italian name of Piedmont.
  • pimentón — smoked chilli powder
  • pimiento — the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
  • placeman — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
  • placemen — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
  • plateman — a person who makes and sells plate armour
  • pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
  • pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
  • pompeian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
  • potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
  • prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
  • prenomen — praenomen.
  • pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
  • primness — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
  • prizeman — a man who wins a prize
  • proseman — a writer of prose
  • ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
  • pudendum — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
  • pygmaean — pygmy (defs 6, 7).
  • repo man — a person who is employed to take back or repossess property, esp because of failure to make payments under a hire-purchase agreement
  • semiopen — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
  • sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
  • shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • spaceman — an astronaut.
  • spademan — a man who works with spade
  • spearman — a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
  • specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
  • spellman — Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.
  • spermine — a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
  • splenium — a structure in the brain
  • spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
  • superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
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