9-letter words containing p, e, a, n
- esplanade — A long, open, level area, typically beside the sea, along which people may walk for pleasure.
- ethiopian — person from Ethiopia
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- exampling — Present participle of example.
- exceptant — a person who excepts or takes exception, esp in a court of law
- exoplanet — A planet that orbits a star outside the solar system.
- expand on — If you expand on or expand upon something, you give more information or details about it when you write or talk about it.
- expanding — Present participle of expand.
- expansile — Of, relating to, or capable of expansion.
- expansion — The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
- expansive — Covering a wide area in terms of space or scope; extensive or wide-ranging.
- expectant — Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting.
- expediant — Misspelling of expedient.
- expellant — forcing out or having the capacity to force out
- expiating — Present participle of expiate.
- expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- explained — Simple past tense and past participle of explain.
- explainer — Agent noun of explain; one who explains.
- explanans — A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the 'explanandum').
- explanted — Simple past tense and past participle of explant.
- extropian — Of, or relating to extropy.
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- fatten up — To fatten up an animal or person means to make them fatter, by forcing or encouraging them to eat more food.
- foreplane — (nautical, aeronautics) A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
- frontpage — Alternative spelling of front page.
- game plan — a carefully thought-out strategy or course of action, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs.
- gang rape — If a woman is gang raped, several men force her to have sex with them.
- gang-rape — to force to have sexual intercourse with several persons.
- gantelope — gauntlet2 .
- gaspiness — the quality or state of being gaspy
- gaziantep — a city in S Turkey in Asia.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- grand pre — a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.
- grapeline — grapnel.
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- gray pine — jack pine.
- greenspan — Alan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
- guineapig — Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- haanepoot — a type of white wine made from the Hanepoot grape
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- handphone — A cordless or cellular phone.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- handshape — (in sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.