9-letter words containing a, n, t, e, p
- m-payment — a point-of-sale payment made through a wireless device such as a mobile phone or PDA
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- name tape — a fabric tape on which a person's name is written, woven, or printed: for affixing to garments and other personal belongings to identify ownership.
- nameplate — a flat, usually rectangular piece of metal, wood, or plastic on which the name of a person, company, etc., is printed or engraved: She has a large office with her nameplate on the door.
- naphthene — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- neap tide — either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- neptunian — pertaining to Neptune or the sea.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- nonparent — a person who is not a parent
- nonstaple — not staple
- notepaper — writing paper, especially that used in writing notes or personal correspondence and usually less than 8½ × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size.
- nuncupate — to state or asseverate in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- onomatope — (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
- operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- opinative — Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
- opiniated — Obsolete form of opinionated.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pad stone — a stone template.
- pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
- paginated — to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.
- paintable — easily painted
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- paintress — a female painter
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- palleting — a small, low, portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving, as in a warehouse or vehicle.
- panatella — panetella.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- pandurate — shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- panetella — a long, slender cigar, usually with straight sides and tapering to a point at the closed end.
- panetiere — a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- panettone — an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- pantaleon — a keyboard instrument that preceded the piano
- pantalets — Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- pantalone — an Italian comic character
- pantdress — a dress with a divided skirt
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.