8-letter words containing p, i, n, o
- coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- cropping — the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print
- deposing — Present participle of depose.
- dewpoint — temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- dip into — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- diphonia — diplophonia.
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- dipthong — Obsolete spelling of diphthong.
- disponee — the person whom something is disponed to
- disponer — someone who dispones
- dolphins — Plural form of dolphin.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dopiness — The characteristic of being dopey.
- doupioni — an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
- downpipe — downspout.
- downspin — spin (def 19).
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- empoison — (obsolete) poison.
- endpoint — The final stage of a period or process.
- enophile — A lover or appreciator of wine, see oenophile.
- entoptic — (of visual sensation) resulting from structures within the eye itself
- entropic — Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- epigonic — of an epigone
- epinosic — unhealthy
- epiploon — The omentum.
- episemon — an emblem
- epitonic — undergoing too great a strain
- eponymic — Of or relating to an eponym.
- epsilons — Plural form of epsilon.
- epsimone — Concurrent simulation language derived from Simone. "EPSIMONE Manual", J. Beziin et al, Pub Int No 90, IRISA, Sept 1978.
- epyllion — (literary) a
- eruption — An act or instance of erupting.
- euphonic — Characterized by euphony; harmonious.
- exposing — Present participle of expose.
- eyepoint — A point of reference based on the observer's focus, used in generating visual imagery in virtual reality systems.
- filipino — a native or inhabitant of the Philippines.
- fipronil — A broad-spectrum insecticide that disrupts the insect's central nervous system.
- fishpond — a small pond containing fish, often one in which edible fish are raised for commercial purposes, as for stocking lakes and streams or wholesaling.
- fixpoint — fixed point
- flopping — Present participle of flop.
- frostnip — The first stage of frostbite.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.