8-letter words containing n, e, p, t
- sprinter — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- steeping — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
- step-ins — step-in garments, esp underwear
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- stephens — Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- stepping — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stewpond — a fishpond, often located in the garden of a monastery
- stipends — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- strepent — noisy
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- tapenade — a savoury paste made from capers, olives, and anchovies, with olive oil and lemon juice
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tarpeian — designating or of a cliff on the Capitoline Hill in Rome from which traitors to the state were hurled to their death
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- tempting — that tempts; enticing or inviting.
- ten-spot — a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- tenpence — a sum of money equivalent to ten pennies
- tenpenny — noting a nail 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. Symbol: 10d.
- tense up — person: become anxious
- tent peg — a peg used to hold down rope attached to a tent into the ground
- ternopol — a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- terrapin — any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- the open — any wide or unobstructed space or expanse, esp of land or water
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thiophen — a water-insoluble, colorless liquid, C 4 H 4 S, resembling benzene, occurring in crude coal-tar benzene: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- tholepin — thole1
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- tin pest — the powdering of tin exposed to low temperatures, caused by allotropic transformation.
- topazine — like topaz
- topliner — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
- topstone — a stone forming the top of something
- towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
- transept — any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- trapline — the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
- trapnest — a nesting box that can be entered but not exited by a hen, which is then released once its eggs have been counted
- trappean — of, relating to, or consisting of igneous rock, esp a basalt
- trephine — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- triplane — an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other
- triptane — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- tube pan — a circular cake pan having a hollow cone-shaped centerpiece: used for baking ring-shaped cakes.
- tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- tuppence — twopence.
- tuppenny — twopenny (defs 1–3).
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- twopence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.
- twopenny — of the amount or value of twopence.