Nouns Containing PEN

Here's the list of all the 896 Nouns Containing PEN in the English Language.

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open
1. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
2. where the air is unconfined
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independent
1. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
2. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
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opening
1. an open or empty space in or between things
2. a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
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compensation
1. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
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appendix
1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
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spending
1. the act of spending or disbursing money
2. money paid out; an amount spent
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dependent
1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
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pen
1. a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2. an enclosure for confining livestock
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expense
1. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
2. a detriment or sacrifice
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independence
1. freedom from control or influence of another or others
2. the successful ending of the American Revolution
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penalty
1. the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
2. a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
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pension
1. a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
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suspension
1. a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
2. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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happening
1. an event that happens
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expenditure
1. money paid out; an amount spent
2. the act of spending money for goods or services
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pendant
1. an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
2. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
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penny
1. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
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peninsula
1. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
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penguin
1. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
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penetration
1. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
2. clear or deep perception of a situation
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dependence
1. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
2. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
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pencil
1. a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
2. graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
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carpenter
1. a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
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aspen
1. any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
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pentagon
1. a five-sided polygon
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dependency
1. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
2. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
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suspense
1. apprehension about what is going to happen
2. an uncertain cognitive state
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opener
1. the first event in a series
2. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
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dispenser
1. a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
2. a person who dispenses
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appendices
1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
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penthouse
1. an apartment located on the top floors of a building
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openness
1. without obstructions to passage or view
2. characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
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serpent
1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
2. a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
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compendium
1. a publication containing a variety of works
2. a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
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perpendicular
1. a straight line at right angles to another line
2. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
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carpentry
1. the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
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dependant
1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
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pendulum
1. an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
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pence
1. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
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repentance
1. remorse for your past conduct
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penicillin
1. any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
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stipend
1. a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
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propensity
1. an inclination to do something
2. a natural inclination
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deepening
1. a process of becoming deeper and more profound
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pennant
1. the award given to the champion
2. a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
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interdependence
1. a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
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bullpen
1. a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
2. a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
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sharpener
1. any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper
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dependability
1. the quality of being dependable or reliable
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pensioner
1. the beneficiary of a pension fund
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penchant
1. a strong liking
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penitentiary
1. a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
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jalapeno
1. plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
2. hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico
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penne
1. pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends
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pendragon
1. the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
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dispensation
1. an exemption from some rule or obligation
2. a share that has been dispensed or distributed
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penance
1. remorse for your past conduct
2. a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
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pentagram
1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
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pendent
1. an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
2. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
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ripening
1. coming to full development; becoming mature
2. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
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penultimate
1. the next to last syllable in a word
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lycopene
1. carotenoid that makes tomatoes red; may lower the risk of prostate cancer
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appendicitis
1. inflammation of the vermiform appendix
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sixpence
1. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
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thrombocytopenia
1. a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
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suspender
1. elastic straps that hold trousers up
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dampening
1. the act of making something slightly wet
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pentacle
1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
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recompense
1. payment or reward (as for service rendered)
2. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
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penning
1. the act of creating written works
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dispensary
1. clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
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pentathlon
1. an athletic contest consisting of five different events
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penumbra
1. a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
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neutropenia
1. leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte)
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gabapentin
1. an anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy; also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles
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playpen
1. a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
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appendage
1. an external body part that projects from the body
2. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
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spender
1. someone who spends money prodigally
2. someone who spends money to purchase goods or services
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turpentine
1. an oleoresin obtained from conifers (especially pines)
2. volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
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penitent
1. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
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expending
1. the act of spending money for goods or services
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penman
1. informal terms for journalists
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happenstance
1. an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
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ripeness
1. the state of being ripe
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halfpenny
1. an English coin worth half a penny
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pentobarbital
1. a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
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