8-letter words containing p, e, n
- pea bean — a variety of kidney bean having a small, white seed, used dried for food.
- peacenet — One of the IGC networks. PeaceNet serves peace and social justice advocates around the world in such areas as human rights, disarmament, and international relations. A number of alternative news services provide a range of information about these and other topics from around the world. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://igc.apc.org/.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- pearling — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- pearmain — any of several varieties of apple having a red skin
- peasants — a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- peatland — an extensive tract of land where peat has formed.
- pebbling — a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
- peccancy — sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- pechenga — a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- pedaling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- peddling — trifling; paltry; piddling.
- pediment — (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- peduncle — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- peelings — Peelings are pieces of skin removed from vegetables and fruit.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- peiching — Beijing.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- pekinese — A pekinese is a type of small dog with long hair, short legs, and a short, flat nose.
- pelagian — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelerine — a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.
- pemmican — dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
- 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.
- pen name — a pseudonym used by an author; nom de plume.
- penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- penalize — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pendency — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- pendicle — a piece of land or property forming a subsidiary to an estate
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- pendulum — a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
- penelope — Classical Mythology. the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy.
- penfield — Wilder. 1891–1976, Canadian scientist, neurosurgeon, and writer born in the US; he developed a surgical treatment for epilepsy
- penitent — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
- penknife — a small pocketknife, formerly one used for making and sharpening quill pens.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- penneech — a card game in which the seven of diamonds is the highest card and the trump suit changes with each trick
- pennines — a member of the chlorite group, rhombohedral in habit.
- pennoned — equipped with a pennon