17-letter words containing pen
- put a dampener on — To put a dampener on something means the same as to put a damper on it.
- quasi-independent — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
- spenserian sonnet — a sonnet employing the rhyme scheme abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.
- spenserian stanza — the stanza used by Spenser in his Faerie Queene and employed since by other poets, consisting of eight iambic pentameter lines and a final Alexandrine, with a rhyme scheme of ababbcbcc.
- standing expenses — fixed or flat expenses or charges
- suspension bridge — a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers.
- suspension points — a group of dots, usually three, used in written material to indicate the omission of a word or words
- the death penalty — capital punishment
- the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
- the penny dropped — If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.
- thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
- this can't happen — can't happen
- to open your eyes — If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.
- to open your mind — If something opens your mind to new ideas or experiences, it makes you more willing to accept them or try them.
- undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.