8-letter words containing s, e, n, t
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- petuntse — a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone
- pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pleasant — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- pontoise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postteen — a person older than a teenager; young adult
- potstone — a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- precents — to lead as a precentor in singing.
- presents — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- pristine — having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protense — extension in time
- quantise — Alternative spelling of quantize.
- questant — a person who quests
- questing — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quietens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quieten.
- quintets — Plural form of quintet.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- ratsbane — rat poison.
- reascent — a further ascent
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- redstone — a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- refasten — to fasten again
- reingest — to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- reinsert — put in again
- reinsist — to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- reinvest — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- relisten — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- remnants — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- resented — to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resenter — a person who feels resentment
- resident — a person who resides in a place.
- resinata — a type of white wine from Greece
- resinate — to treat with resin, as by impregnation.
- resiting — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- resoften — to make or become soft again