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9-letter words containing c, a, n, p

  • outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
  • pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
  • 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.
  • pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
  • packaging — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
  • packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
  • pactional — relating to an agreement or a bargain
  • paleocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
  • pan juice — Often, pan juices. the natural juices exuded by meat, poultry, etc., while baking or roasting: used especially in basting.
  • pancaking — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
  • panchayat — an elective village council in India.
  • panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
  • pancosmic — of every cosmos
  • panda car — a small patrol car used by the police.
  • panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
  • panic bar — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
  • panically — in a panicky manner
  • panicking — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
  • panmictic — random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.
  • panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
  • panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
  • pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
  • pantropic — (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
  • panzootic — a disease that affects all the animals in a geographical area
  • paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
  • paranoiac — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
  • paratonic — (of a plant movement) occurring in response to an external stimulus
  • parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
  • parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
  • parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
  • paricutin — a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 feet (2500 meters).
  • patiences — a female given name.
  • patrician — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
  • pecan pie — a sweet pie made with pecan nuts
  • peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
  • pectinate — formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
  • pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
  • pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
  • pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
  • pentarchy — a government by five persons.
  • percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
  • percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
  • perchance — Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
  • peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
  • periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
  • periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
  • permeance — the act of permeating.
  • pett scan — PET scan
  • petulance — moodiness, irritability
  • phaeacian — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
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