9-letter words containing e, n, c, p
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nez perce — a member of a North American Indian people of the Sahaptin family.
- ninepence — (used with a plural verb) British. nine pennies.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
- nonpoetic — not poetic
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nuncupate — to state or asseverate in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- occupance — Occupancy.
- one piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- one-piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- open call — an audition, especially for actors or dancers, open to anyone wishing to try out.
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- opponency — an act or instance of opposing.
- 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.
- 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.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
- 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.
- patiences — a female given name.
- pecan pie — a sweet pie made with pecan nuts
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pectinate — formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pedogenic — the process of soil formation.
- pencil in — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- penciling — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.