8-letter words containing p, n, e
- expenses — Plural form of expense.
- expirant — a person who expires
- expiring — Ending, terminating, dying.
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- explants — Plural form of explant.
- exponent — One who expounds, represents or advocates.
- exposing — Present participle of expose.
- expounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound.
- expugned — Simple past tense and past participle of expugn.
- expunged — Simple past tense and past participle of expunge.
- expunger — One who expunges.
- eyepoint — A point of reference based on the observer's focus, used in generating visual imagery in virtual reality systems.
- fat pine — lightwood.
- felt pen — fibre-tipped marker pen
- fen-phen — a drug that is a combination of fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- finespun — spun or drawn out to a fine thread.
- fippence — fivepence
- firepink — a herbaceous wildflower with scarlet flowers, Silene virginica, belonging to the pink family and native to the Eastern US
- fivepins — a bowling game using five pins, played esp in Canada
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- forspend — to exhaust financially
- forspent — worn out; exhausted.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gene map — an arrangement of genes on a chromosome.
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- genipaps — Plural form of genipap.
- genotype — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geophone — a device that is placed on or in the ground and used to detect seismic waves.
- geoponic — of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- gleipnir — a bond with magic properties, forged by elves, and used by the gods to bind Loki.
- gonopore — an opening through which eggs or sperm are released, especially in invertebrates.
- graphene — A fullerene consisting of bonded carbon atoms in sheet form one atom thick.
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- grepping — Present participle of grep.
- gripenet — [IBM] A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's internal VNET system, deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be taboo in more formal channels.
- gunpaper — a type of paper treated with nitric acid so that it has a composition similar to that of guncotton.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- ha'penny — halfpenny.
- hanepoot — a variety of muscat grape used as a dessert fruit and in making wine
- happened — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helpline — A telephone service providing help with problems.
- helpmann — Sir Robert (Murray) 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.
- hempvine — Any plant of the genus Mikania.
- hencoops — Plural form of hencoop.
- hennepin — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1640?–1701? Belgian Roman Catholic missionary and explorer in America.
- henpecks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck.