7-letter words containing p, e, n, t
- syntype — a type specimen other than the holotype used in the description of a species.
- tapeman — a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- temping — temporary (def 2).
- tenpins — (used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- terpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- the pen — writing as an occupation
- tie-pin — A tie-pin is a thin narrow object with a pin on it which is used to pin a person's tie to their shirt.
- tintype — Photography. ferrotype (def 2).
- tone up — any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
- tone-up — an exercise for toning up one's body.
- tonepad — a keypad used to transmit information by generating tones that can be recognized by a central system as corresponding to particular digits
- top ten — pertaining to, constituting, or being among the top ten: a top ten resort.
- top-end — Top-end products are expensive and of extremely high quality.
- topline — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
- topneck — the quahog clam, Venus mercenaria, when larger than a cherrystone but still immature.
- trepang — any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- tropine — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- tune up — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tune-up — an adjustment, as of a motor, to improve working order or condition: The car needs a tune-up badly.
- type in — If you type information into a computer or type it in, you press keys on the keyboard so that the computer stores or processes the information.
- umpteen — innumerable; many.
- unadept — very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- unkempt — not combed: unkempt hair.
- unspent — not spent or used, as money.
- unswept — not swept (as with a broom)
- untaped — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- uptrend — a tendency upward or toward growth, especially in economic development.
- uucpnet — The international store and forward network consisting of all the world's connected Unix machines (and others running some clone of the UUCP software). Any machine reachable only via a bang path is on UUCPNET. See network address.