8-letter words containing p, e, n
- pornaoke — an entertainment in which members of an audience emit lustful utterances in synchronization with those seen on a pornographic film played silently on a large screen
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postteen — a person older than a teenager; young adult
- potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- potentia — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- potstone — a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- 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.
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- predrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- preening — (of animals, especially birds) to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.) with the beak or tongue: The peacock preened itself on the lawn.
- prefrank — to frank in advance
- 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.
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prenomen — praenomen.
- prentice — a male given name.
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- prepense — planned or intended in advance; premeditated.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- prepping — preparatory school.
- preprint — an advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- prerenal — in front of the kidney
- prerinse — a preliminary rinse before further treatment
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- presence — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- presents — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- press on — continue, persevere
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- pression — an act of pressing
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
- 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.