8-letter words containing pe
- gapeseed — a daydream or reverie.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- gas pipe — a metal pipe used to supply a building with gas
- gazumped — Simple past tense and past participle of gazump.
- 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.
- glaspell — Susan, 1882–1948, U.S. novelist and dramatist.
- godspeed — good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).
- gospeler — a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
- gospelly — Resembling gospel music.
- gossiped — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossiper — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- graspers — Plural form of grasper.
- 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.
- grippers — Plural form of gripper.
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- groupers — Plural form of grouper.
- gunpaper — a type of paper treated with nitric acid so that it has a composition similar to that of guncotton.
- guy rope — A guy rope is a rope or wire that has one end fastened to a tent or pole and the other end fixed to the ground, so that it keeps the tent or pole in position.
- ha'penny — halfpenny.
- halfpipe — Alternative form of half-pipe.
- hampered — Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
- happened — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- henpecks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck.
- herpetic — of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hesperus — an evening star, especially Venus.
- hiccuped — Simple past tense and past participle of hiccup.
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- homotope — (topology, transitive) To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- hopefull — Archaic form of hopeful.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- hopewell — a city in E Virginia, on the James River.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- hosepipe — (UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
- housepet — A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.
- hyped up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- hyped-up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypernym — superordinate (def 4).
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hyperope — A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
- hypester — a person or organization that gives an idea or product intense publicity in order to promote it
- i expect — You say 'I expect' to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you have no definite knowledge.