8-letter words containing o, p, e, n
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- 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.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- menopome — the hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
- monopode — having one foot.
- monopole — magnetic monopole.
- monotype — the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
- 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.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- nanopore — A pore, of nanometre dimensions, in a membrane.
- napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- naproxen — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substance, C 1 4 H 1 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the management of certain types of arthritis and as a painkiller.
- 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)
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- nectopod — (in certain mollusks) an appendage modified for swimming.
- neohippy — A new age hippy.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- neopagan — Alternative spelling of neo-pagan.
- neophobe — One who dislikes new or novel things.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- neoprene — an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- nephelo- — clouds, cloudy
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- nephrons — Plural form of nephron.
- 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.
- netphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- new hope — a town in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- no-hoper — a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- nonempty — (of a set, group, collection, etc.) containing at least one element.
- nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
- nonuplet — One of a group of nine, especially such a multiple birth.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- on paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- one-spot — the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- one-step — a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- one-stop — that can be accomplished in one stop: a store offering one-stop shopping.
- open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
- open cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.