8-letter words containing n, e, p, t
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pediment — (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- penitent — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- penpoint — the point or writing end of a pen, especially a small, tapering, metallic device having a split tip for drawing up ink and for writing; nib.
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pentacle — pentagram.
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- pentagon — a polygon having five angles and five sides.
- pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- pentheus — the grandson of Cadmus and his successor as king of Thebes, who resisted the introduction of the cult of Dionysus. In revenge the god drove him mad and he was torn to pieces by a group of bacchantes, one of whom was his mother
- pentomic — pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- penutian — a group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote period.
- per cent — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- per unit — Per unit is a way of expressing the value of a quantity in terms of a reference or base quantity.
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- perentie — a large, brown and yellow monitor lizard, Varanus giganteus, native to arid and semiarid regions of Australia.
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- perronet — Jean Rodolphe [zhahn raw-dawlf] /ʒɑ̃ rɔˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1708–94, French engineer.
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pet name — a name or a term of address used to express affection for a person, thing, etc.
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- petaline — pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- petanque — a form of lawn bowling originating in France, usually played on rough ground using steel balls.
- petdingo — (tool) An Estelle to C++ translator.
- petering — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- peterman — a safecracker.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- petition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- petnaper — a person who thieves a pet in order to exact money in exchange for its return or to sell it
- petronel — a firearm of large calibre used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp by cavalry soldiers
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- petuntse — a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone
- pfitzner — Hans Erich [hahns ey-rikh] /ˈhɑns ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, German composer and conductor.
- phaethon — a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
- pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- phenetic — pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
- phengite — a type of transparent selenite
- phonetic — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- photogen — a light oil obtained by the distillation of bituminous shale, coal, or peat: once commercially produced chiefly as an illuminant and as a solvent.