9-letter words containing c, o, i, n, p
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
- pine cone — the cone or strobile of a pine tree.
- pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
- pinocchio — the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- pleiocene — Pliocene
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- poignancy — the state or condition of being poignant.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- poinciana — royal poinciana.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- posttonic — immediately following a stressed syllable: a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- princeton — a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- procident — relating to a prolapse
- procuring — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- pronuncio — a papal ambassador in a country that does not grant the Pope's ambassador precedence over other ambassadors
- propionic — of or derived from propionic acid.
- proteinic — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.