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Showing words for NEPENTHES using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Nepenthes

nepenthes

8 Letter Words for Nepenthes

nepenthe, pentenes

7 Letter Words for Nepenthes

ensteep, ethenes, heptene, pentene, phenene, steepen, stephen

6 Letter Words for Nepenthes

ensete, ephete, ethene, hennes, henpen, nenets, penest, pennes, pennet, pensee, pheese, phenes, seethe, sennet, sephen, sphene, sthene, teenes, tehees, tennes, tepees, thenne

5 Letter Words for Nepenthes

eeten, enent, enets, epees, etens, henen, hents, hetes, neeps, neese, nenes, netes, peens, penne, pense, pents, peste, phene, phese, sente, sheen, sheep, sheet, shent, speen, spent, spete, steen, steep, teene, teens, tehee, tenes, tenne, tense, tepee, thees, thens, these

4 Letter Words for Nepenthes

enes, ense, epee, esne, eten, ethe, eths, heep, hens, hent, heps, hept, hesp, hest, hete, hets, neep, neet, nene, neps, nese, nesh, nest, nete, neth, nets, peen, pees, pehs, pene, pens, pent, pest, pete, pets, seen, seep, sene, sent, sepn, sept, seth, shee, shet, shpt, snee, spet, sten, step, teen, tees, tene, tens, tepe, thee, then

3 Letter Words for Nepenthes

een, ehs, ene, ens, ese, esp, est, eth, hee, hen, hep, hes, het, hts, nee, nep, net, nne, nth, pee, peh, pen, pes, pet, pht, pst, pte, pts, see, sen, sep, set, she, shp, sht, spt, tee, ten, tes, the, tph, tps, tsh, tsp

Definitions for Nepenthes

[1] nepenthe.
[2] any of various tropical Asian and Australian pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leaves usually in the form of cylindrical tubes.
[3] a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
[4] anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow or trouble.
[5] a drug, or the plant providing it, that ancient writers referred to as a means of forgetting grief or trouble
[6] anything that produces sleep, forgetfulness, or pleasurable dreaminess

Words related to Nepenthes

anesthetic, opium, painkiller, dope, sedative, opiate, tranquilizer, heroin, merchandise, junk, fix, hypnotic, soporific, stuff, analgesic, anodyne, downer, lenitive, laudanum, somnifacient

Words nearby Nepenthes

nepal, nepalese, nepali, nepean, nepenthe, nepenthes, neper, nepeta, neph-, nephanalysis, nephele

Origin of Nepenthes

1590–1600; < Latin nēpenthes < Greek nēpenthés herb for soothing, noun use of neuter of nēpenthḗs sorrowless, equivalent to nē- not + pénth(os ) sorrow + -ēs adj. suffix

Other words from Nepenthes

ne·pen·the·an , adjective

Word origin for Nepenthes

C16: via Latin from Greek nēpenthes sedative made from a herb, from nē- not + penthos grief

Synonyms for Nepenthes

anesthetic, dope, hard drug, heroin, merchandise, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, tranquilizer, analgesic, anodyne, downer, fix, hypnotic, junk, laudanum, lenitive, soporific, stuff, hard stuff, somnifacient, stupefacient