8-letter words containing o, p, e, n
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyronine — a xanthine dye used for detecting the presence of RNA.
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- reopener — an act or instance of reopening negotiations, as on the provisions of a contract.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- 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
- reponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- ropiness — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- 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.
- set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- setpoint — the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
- sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.
- soupbone — a bone used for making soup or broth.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spoonier — foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stewpond — a fishpond, often located in the garden of a monastery
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- swinepox — a variety of chicken pox.
- synopses — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- syphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- ten-spot — a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- ternopol — a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- the open — any wide or unobstructed space or expanse, esp of land or water
- 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
- 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
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- twopence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.
- twopenny — of the amount or value of twopence.
- uncouple — to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.
- unlopped — (of a branch, tree, plant, shoot, etc) not chopped off