8-letter words containing p, a, n, t, e
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- plateman — a person who makes and sells plate armour
- pleasant — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleating — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- potentia — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
- pregnant — convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- pretrain — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- spanglet — a little spangle
- spetsnaz — a Soviet intelligence force
- 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.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- 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.
- 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.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- topazine — like topaz
- 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
- 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.
- unparted — not parted, not separated
- unpathed — not having a path or paths
- untapped — not being made use of
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- waspnest — the nest of a wasp
- xantippe — flourished late 5th century b.c, wife of Socrates.