9-letter words containing a, d, i, p, n
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pedantize — to act as a pedant; to make pedantic comments
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- periander — died 585 b.c, tyrant of Corinth.
- peridinia — genus of flagellate organisms
- pertained — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pervading — omnipresent; felt everywhere
- phalangid — an arachnid that belongs to the family Phalangidae
- philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pilonidal — noting or pertaining to a growth of hair in a dermoid cyst or in the deeper layers of the skin.
- pinelands — the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- pinheaded — stupid or foolish.
- pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
- pintadera — a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in the Neolithic of the E Mediterranean and in many American cultures
- pintailed — having a tapered tail
- planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- planuloid — relating to a planula
- platinoid — resembling platinum: the platinoid elements.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- pododynia — pain in the sole of the foot.
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- spadassin — a swordsman
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- trepidant — trepid.
- unapplied — having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure): applied mathematics; applied science.
- underpaid — to pay less than is deserved or usual.
- unpalsied — not affected by paralysis
- unplained — unlamented
- upanishad — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- whip hand — the hand that holds the whip, in driving.
- wind harp — aeolian harp.