8-letter words containing p, l, e, n
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enophile — A lover or appreciator of wine, see oenophile.
- enplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of enplane.
- enplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enplane.
- ensample — (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- envelope — A flat paper container with a sealable flap, used to enclose a letter or document.
- envelops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of envelop.
- epiploon — The omentum.
- epsilons — Plural form of epsilon.
- epyllion — (literary) a
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- explants — Plural form of explant.
- felt pen — fibre-tipped marker pen
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gleipnir — a bond with magic properties, forged by elves, and used by the gods to bind Loki.
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helpline — A telephone service providing help with problems.
- helpmann — Sir Robert (Murray) 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.
- impanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impanel.
- implunge — to submerge
- in place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- interpel — (transitive, obsolete) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.
- interpol — an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- jalapeno — a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used especially in Mexican cooking.
- junkpile — A pile of junk; a scrapheap.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kerplunk — with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- leporine — of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- limpness — lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- liven up — make more lively
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.