8-letter words containing p, r, e, a, n
- nenuphar — A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
- nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
- on paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
- open-air — existing in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- overplan — to plan excessively
- painture — the art or act of painting
- palmgren — Selim [sel-im,, sey-lim;; Finnish se-lim] /ˈsɛl ɪm,, ˈseɪ lɪm;; Finnish ˈsɛ lɪm/ (Show IPA), 1878–1951, Finnish pianist and composer.
- pancreas — a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- pandered — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderer — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- panegyry — a panegyric
- panthera — a genus of chiefly large cats that includes the snow leopard, tiger, leopard, jaguar, and lion, most having the ability to roar.
- papyrine — paper-like; papyral
- parament — a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- paranete — a note in ancient Greek music, the second highest note of the higher of two tetrachords
- paranoea — Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- paravane — an underwater defensive device against mines, consisting of a pair of torpedo-shaped vanes towed at the bow of a ship, usually a minesweeper, by cables that can cut the cable of a moored mine, causing the mine to rise to the surface, where it can be destroyed or removed from the water.
- paravent — a screen against a draft or the wind.
- parcener — a joint heir; coheir.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parental — of or relating to a parent.
- parented — a father or a mother.
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- parishen — a parishioner
- parlance — a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance.
- parmesan — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- partaken — to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
- partners — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- parvenue — a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position
- patentor — a person or official agency that grants patents.
- paternal — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronne — a woman who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar
- patterns — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- pearling — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- pearmain — any of several varieties of apple having a red skin
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- perceant — piercing; penetrating