5-letter words containing i, n, p
- pinna — Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pinny — pinafore: apron
- pinon — Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- pinot — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinsk — a city in SW Byelorussia (Belarus), E of Brest.
- pinta — one of the three ships under the command of Columbus during his first voyage to America in 1492.
- pinto — marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted: a pinto horse.
- pinup — a large photograph, as of a sexually attractive person, suitable for pinning on a wall.
- pinza — Ezio [et-see-oh,, ey-zee-oh;; Italian e-tsyaw] /ˈɛt siˌoʊ,, ˈeɪ ziˌoʊ;; Italian ˈɛ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1957, Italian basso, in the U.S.
- piran — Saint. died c.480 ad, monk probably from Ireland who settled in Cornwall, giving his name to Perranporth. His flag, a white cross on a black background, is Cornwall's standard. Feast day: March 5
- pisan — a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- piton — a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- pling — (character) exclamation mark.
- plink — to shoot, as with a rifle, at targets selected at whim: to plink at coins tossed in the air.
- pliny — ("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- poind — to take (property of a debtor) in execution or by way of distress; distrain
- point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- ponzi — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- potin — a bronze alloy with high tin content, formerly used in the manufacture of coins
- powin — a peacock depicted on a heraldic shield
- prink — to deck or dress for show.
- print — to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
- prion — a tiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies.
- proin — a prune, or dried plum
- psion — (company) The UK company that produced the Psion Organiser. They also wrote software for the Sinclair QL.
- pugin — Augustus Charles, 1762–1832, French architectural draftsman and archaeologist in England.
- punic — of or relating to the ancient Carthaginians.
- punji — (in SE Asia) a sharpened bamboo stake, sometimes tipped with poison, hidden at the bottom of a camouflaged hole that forms a trap
- pupin — Michael Idvorsky [id-vawr-skee] /ɪdˈvɔr ski/ (Show IPA), 1858–1935, U.S. inventor, physicist, and author, born in Hungary.
- putin — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- repin — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ripen — fruit, etc.: mature
- ripon — a city in N England, in North Yorkshire: cathedral (12th–16th centuries). Pop: 16 468 (2001)
- snipe — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snips — to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.
- snipy — resembling or like a snipe bird
- spain — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spina — a spine or spinelike projection.
- spine — the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spink — a finch
- spiny — abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- unhip — ill-informed about or unsympathetic to current fads or trends.
- unpin — to remove pins from.
- unrip — to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- unzip — to open the zipper of.