8-letter words containing o, p, e, n, i
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- geoponic — of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- imponent — That or who imposes a rule.
- impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- in petto — not disclosed: used of the names of cardinals designate
- in posse — possible; potential
- in power — in authority
- in tempo — in time, in rhythm
- inceptor — to take in; ingest.
- incorpse — to incorporate
- interpol — an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- isopedin — the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- isophone — an isogloss marking off an area in which a particular feature of pronunciation is found
- isoprene — a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- leporine — of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- mopiness — languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- neohippy — A new age hippy.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- nepionic — of or relating to the juvenile period in the life cycle of an organism
- nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- nepotist — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- open die — a die of flat, concave, or hollow V shape that only minimally restricts lateral flow.
- open pit — An open pit is a mine where the coal, metal, or minerals are near the surface and underground passages are not needed.
- open-air — existing in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer.
- open-pit — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
- openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
- openings — Plural form of opening.
- openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- opsonize — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- optioned — the power or right of choosing.
- optionee — a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- overspin — topspin.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- pavonine — of or like a peacock.
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.