8-letter words containing p, e, n, t, r
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- per cent — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- per unit — Per unit is a way of expressing the value of a quantity in terms of a reference or base quantity.
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- perentie — a large, brown and yellow monitor lizard, Varanus giganteus, native to arid and semiarid regions of Australia.
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- 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.
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- petering — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- peterman — a safecracker.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- petnaper — a person who thieves a pet in order to exact money in exchange for its return or to sell it
- petronel — a firearm of large calibre used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp by cavalry soldiers
- pfitzner — Hans Erich [hahns ey-rikh] /ˈhɑns ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, German composer and conductor.
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pine tar — a very viscid, blackish-brown liquid having an odor resembling that of turpentine, obtained by the destructive distillation of pine wood, used in paints, roofing, soaps, and, medicinally, for skin infections.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- plankter — any organism that is an element of plankton.
- plectron — plectrum.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- plentier — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poitrine — a woman's bosom
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- pre-teen — A pre-teen is a child aged between nine and thirteen.
- precents — to lead as a precentor in singing.
- precinct — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- pregnant — convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
- prehnite — a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prentice — a male given name.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- preprint — an advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
- presents — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- pretrain — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- preunite — to unite in advance
- printery — (formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- pristine — having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protense — extension in time