9-letter words containing i, n, s, p
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- campaigns — Plural form of campaign.
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- capsaicin — a colourless crystalline bitter alkaloid found in capsicums and used as a flavouring in vinegar and pickles. Formula: C18H27O3N
- capsizing — Present participle of capsize.
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- champians — Plural form of champian.
- champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
- chaplains — Plural form of chaplain.
- chinampas — Plural form of chinampa.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chipmunks — Plural form of chipmunk.
- chippings — Wood chippings or stone chippings are small pieces of wood or stone which are used, for example, to cover surfaces such as paths or roads.
- chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clippings — A small piece trimmed from something.
- companies — Plural form of company.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- composing — Present participle of compose.
- conscript — A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
- conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
- conspirer — to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
- conspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- crepiness — the quality of being crepe-like in texture, esp in skin
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cuppiness — The state or quality of being cuppy.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- dayspring — the dawn
- delphinus — a small constellation in the N hemisphere, between Pegasus and Sagitta
- deplenish — to deprive of contents, such as furniture, stock, etc
- desipient — silly; foolish
- despising — Present participle of despise.
- despiting — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diapensia — An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.