9-letter words containing e, n, c, p
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- 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
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- 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.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- pre-enact — to enact beforehand
- pre-incan — of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
- precedent — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precising — a concise summary.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- premenace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- prentices — a male given name.
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- prescreen — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- presences — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- priciness — the state of being pricey
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- princekin — a small, young, or minor prince.
- princeton — a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- procident — relating to a prolapse
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- 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.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.