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13-letter words containing pen

  • normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
  • open a bottle — If you open a bottle, you remove the cork or cap.
  • open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
  • open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • open interval — (mathematics)   A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
  • open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
  • open learning — a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
  • open marriage — a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.
  • open position — Music. the arrangement of a chord with wide intervals between the parts.
  • open question — question: invites long answer
  • open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • open sentence — Mathematics. an equation or inequality containing one or more variables in which its truth or falsehood depends upon the values assumed by the variables in a particular instance, as the equation x + 3 = 8.
  • open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • openendedness — not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad: an open-ended discussion.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • opentransport — (networking)   (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of the Macintosh networking code including "Classic" AppleTalk and MacTCP. It appeared in MacOS revision 7.5.3 [or earlier? Date?].
  • overdependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
  • panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
  • panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • pay a pension — If a company or government pays a pension to someone, it provides them with money because they have reached a certain age.
  • penalty point — an endorsement on a driving licence due to a motoring offence
  • penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
  • pencil crayon — coloured pencil
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pendente lite — during litigation; while a suit is in progress.
  • peneplanation — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
  • penetratively — in a penetrative manner
  • penicillamine — a chelating agent, C 5 H 1 1 NO 2 S, produced by the degradation of penicillin, used in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis and in heavy metal poisoning.
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • penicillinase — any of a group of enzymes used to treat allergic reactions to penicillin
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • pennine chain — a range of hills in N England, extending from the S Midlands to the Cheviot Hills.
  • pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
  • penny pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • penny-a-liner — a hack writer.
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