9-letter words containing p, e, n
- pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- pea green — a medium or yellowish green.
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- peakiness — peaked2 .
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pebbleman — DoD requirements that led to APSE. They were written in Jul 1978 and revised Jan 1979.
- pecan pie — a sweet pie made with pecan nuts
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pectinate — formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pedal bin — A pedal bin is a container for waste, usually in a kitchen or bathroom. It has a lid which is controlled by a pedal that you press with your foot.
- pedalling — 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.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pedantize — to act as a pedant; to make pedantic comments
- pedogenic — the process of soil formation.
- peer gynt — a play (1867) by Henrik Ibsen.
- peg pants — close-fitting trousers made of stretch fabric
- pekingese — one of a Chinese breed of small dogs having a long, silky coat.
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- peltation — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- pen-based — (of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device.
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- pencil in — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- penciling — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
- pendleton — a city in N Oregon.
- pendolino — an Italian high-speed tilting train, now used in several countries
- pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- penduline — (of a bird's nest) hanging; resembling a pendant
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- peneplain — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
- penetrant — a person or thing that penetrates.
- penetrate — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- penillion — the Welsh art or practice of singing poetry in counterpoint to a traditional melody played on the harp
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- penistone — a coarse woollen cloth formerly used to make clothes
- penitence — the state of being penitent; regret for one's wrongdoing or sinning; contrition; repentance.
- penitency — the state of being penitent
- penitente — a member of a religious order, chiefly in Spanish-American communities in New Mexico, known for their practice of self-flagellation, especially during Holy Week.