8-letter words containing p, e, n
- pup tent — shelter tent.
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- pygmaean — pygmy (defs 6, 7).
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrenean — of or relating to the Pyrenees or their inhabitants
- pyrenees — mountains between France and Spain
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyridine — a colorless, flammable, liquid organic base, C 5 H 5 N, having a disagreeable odor, usually obtained from coal or synthesized from acetaldehyde and ammonia: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- pyronine — a xanthine dye used for detecting the presence of RNA.
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- red pine — a pine, Pinus resinosa, of northeastern North America, having needles in groups of two and reddish bark.
- reopener — an act or instance of reopening negotiations, as on the provisions of a contract.
- repented — to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed by of): He repented after his thoughtless act.
- repenter — to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed by of): He repented after his thoughtless act.
- repetend — Mathematics. the part of a repeating decimal that is repeated, as 1234 in 0.123412341234. ….
- repining — to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- replevin — an action for the recovery of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- replunge — the act of replunging
- repo man — a person who is employed to take back or repossess property, esp because of failure to make payments under a hire-purchase agreement
- reponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- resplend — to be resplendent
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- respring — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- resupine — lying on the back; supine.
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- ropiness — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sandpeep — any of various small sandpipers
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sapience — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- scalepan — scale2 (def 2).
- sea pink — thrift (def 3).
- seaplane — an airplane provided with floats for taking off from or landing on water.
- semiopen — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- serendip — Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.