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8-letter words containing o, p, e, n

  • pathogen — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
  • patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patronne — a woman who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar
  • pavonine — of or like a peacock.
  • pay zone — A pay zone is a reservoir or part of a reservoir that contains hydrocarbons that can be extracted economically.
  • payphone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
  • pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
  • peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
  • peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
  • pemoline — a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
  • penelope — Classical Mythology. the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy.
  • pennoned — equipped with a pennon
  • pennyboy — an employee whose duties include menial tasks, such as running errands
  • penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
  • penoncel — pencel.
  • 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.
  • pensione — an Italian boarding house or small hotel
  • penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
  • pentagon — a polygon having five angles and five sides.
  • pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
  • 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
  • penwoman — a female writer
  • peopling — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
  • peperino — a brown or grey rock (tuff) consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash, sand, etc, esp that found outside Rome in the Albano Hills
  • peperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
  • percolin — a pain-relieving drug
  • perdendo — (of a piece of music) getting gradually quieter and dying away
  • perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
  • pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
  • peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
  • peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
  • peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
  • 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.
  • personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
  • personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
  • petdingo — (tool)   An Estelle to C++ translator.
  • petersonOscar 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.
  • petronel — a firearm of large calibre used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp by cavalry soldiers
  • 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.
  • phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
  • philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
  • phlegmon — a swollen, red, and painful mass affecting bodily tissue that may progress to abscess
  • phone in — If you phone in to a radio or television show, you telephone the show in order to give your opinion on a matter that the show has raised.
  • phone up — call on the telephone
  • phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
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