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8-letter words containing pe

  • open-cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
  • open-end — of, relating to, or like an open-end investment company.
  • open-jaw — relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
  • open-pit — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
  • open-top — An open-top bus has no roof, so that the people sitting on the top level can see or be seen more easily. An open-top car has no roof or has a roof that can be removed.
  • open-web — having a web of zigzag or crisscross lacing.
  • openable — capable of being opened.
  • openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
  • opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
  • openhole — Openhole describes an uncased (=having no casing or liner) part of a well.
  • openings — Plural form of opening.
  • openness — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
  • openstep — (operating system)   An object-oriented application programming interface (API) derived from NEXTSTEP and proposed as an open standard by NeXT in 1994. OpenStep is the specification of the object kits of NEXTSTEP. OPENSTEP/Mach was an implementation of this specification. The original, OPENSTEP version 4.0, and really was NEXTSTEP 4. Rhapsody was the codename for Apple's Mac OS X Server, which is really NEXTSTEP 5 (it calls itself "kernel 5.3" at boot time). OpenStep was designed to be implemented independently of the computer's operating system, hardware, and user interface. The API for Rhapsody will be a superset of OpenStep's. When the OpenStep API is implemented for a specific platform and made into a product, it is written in uppercase, e.g. OPENSTEP Developer 4.2 for Mach, or OPENSTEP Enterprise for Windows NT and Windows 95. Versions of OPENSTEP exist for Windows 95/NT, Solaris, HP/UX, and Mach.
  • openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
  • operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
  • operands — Plural form of operand.
  • operants — Plural form of operant.
  • operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
  • operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
  • operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
  • opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • operetta — a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
  • optotype — type used on an eye chart.
  • osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
  • otoscope — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
  • outcaper — to exceed in capering
  • outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
  • outspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
  • outspell — to surpass at spelling
  • outspend — to outdo in spending; spend more than: They seemed determined to outspend their neighbors.
  • outspent — worn-out; exhausted.
  • overhope — excessive hope
  • overhype — to promote excessively
  • overpeer — to tower over
  • overpert — too insolent
  • overripe — too ripe; more than ripe: overripe tomatoes.
  • overtype — to replace (typed text) by typing new text in the same place
  • oxpecker — either of two African starlings of the genus Buphagus, characterized by their habit of riding on large, wild animals and domestic cattle to feed on ticks.
  • palmiped — a web-footed bird
  • palpebra — an eyelid
  • pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • panpipes — a primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of hollow pipes of graduated length, the tones being produced by blowing across the upper ends.
  • papelera — a small Renaissance cabinet for papers and writing materials, mounted on a small stand.
  • paperboy — a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.
  • paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
  • pathspec — pathname
  • pea bean — a variety of kidney bean having a small, white seed, used dried for food.
  • pea coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from about 3/8 to about 13/16 inch (1 to 2 cm).
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