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9-letter words containing pen

  • happeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of happen.
  • happening — something that happens; occurrence; event.
  • ill-spent — misspent; wasted.
  • impendent — impending.
  • impending — about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
  • impennate — (zoology) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.
  • isopentyl — isoamyl.
  • jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
  • lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
  • light pen — a handheld light-sensitive device used for pointing at characters or objects on a CRT in order to make or modify drawings or to indicate functions to be performed.
  • luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
  • lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
  • mayhappen — perhaps; mayhap.
  • megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
  • mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
  • mislippen — to distrust or suspect
  • misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
  • misspends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misspend.
  • nepenthes — nepenthe.
  • new penny — penny (def 2).
  • ninepence — (used with a plural verb) British. nine pennies.
  • ninepenny — noting a nail 2.75 inches (7 cm) long. Symbol: 9d.
  • open bite — deformity: jaws do not close
  • open book — someone or something easily understood or interpreted; something very clear: The child's face is an open book.
  • open call — an audition, especially for actors or dancers, open to anyone wishing to try out.
  • open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
  • open door — the policy of admitting people of all nationalities or ethnic groups to a country upon equal terms, as for immigration.
  • open fire — start shooting
  • open game — a relatively simple game involving open ranks and files, permitting tactical play, and usually following symmetrical development
  • open goal — a goal which is left open or undefended
  • open look — (operating system)   A graphical user interface and window manager from Sun and AT&T.
  • open loop — a control system in which an input alters the output, but the output has no feedback loop and therefore no effect on the input.
  • open mike — a session in a pub or club where members of the public are invited to perform comedy or to sing
  • open mind — receptive attitude
  • open plan — a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.
  • open shop — a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
  • open side — the side of the scrum on which the majority of the backs are ranged
  • open-book — someone or something easily understood or interpreted; something very clear: The child's face is an open book.
  • open-cast — open-cut.
  • open-door — If a country or organization has an open-door policy towards people or goods, it allows them to come there freely, without any restrictions.
  • open-eyed — having the eyes open.
  • open-line — (of a radio or TV show) maintaining open telephone lines to permit listeners or viewers to phone a program with comments, questions, requests, etc.; call-in.
  • open-plan — a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.
  • oppenheim — E(dward) Phillips, 1866–1946, English novelist.
  • ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
  • overripen — to make or become too ripe
  • overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
  • parapente — the form of parachute used in this sport
  • pen-based — (of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device.
  • penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
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