9-letter words containing a, p, o, i, n
- piano bar — a cocktail lounge featuring live piano music.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- pilonidal — noting or pertaining to a growth of hair in a dermoid cyst or in the deeper layers of the skin.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
- pinnation — pinnate condition or formation.
- pinon jay — pinyon jay.
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- planation — the process whereby an irregular land surface is made flat or level by erosion.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- planuloid — relating to a planula
- platinoid — resembling platinum: the platinoid elements.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
- pleonexia — excessive greed
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- plotinian — of, relating to, or in accordance with Plotinus or his philosophy.
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- pododynia — pain in the sole of the foot.
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- poignancy — the state or condition of being poignant.
- poinciana — royal poinciana.
- point man — the lead soldier of an infantry patrol on combat operations.
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- pompeiian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- pontianak — a seaport on W Kalimantan (Borneo), in central Indonesia.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- portinari — Cândido [kahn-dee-doo] /ˈkɑ̃ di dʊ/ (Show IPA), 1903–62, Brazilian painter.
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.