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9-letter words containing k, n, p

  • parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
  • partaking — to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
  • pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
  • peakiness — peaked2 .
  • 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.
  • pekingese — one of a Chinese breed of small dogs having a long, silky coat.
  • perkiness — jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert.
  • permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
  • phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
  • phenakite — a very hard, glassy, rhombohedral mineral, Be2SiO4, of various colors, sometimes used as a gem; beryllium silicate
  • phreaking — phone phreak.
  • pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
  • pickering — Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.
  • picketing — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
  • pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
  • pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
  • picnicker — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
  • pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
  • pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
  • pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
  • pine-like — similar to or resembling pine
  • pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
  • pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
  • pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
  • pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
  • pink slip — termination of employment
  • pink-slip — to dismiss from a job: He will be pink-slipped next month.
  • pinkerton — Allan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
  • pinkiness — a pinky quality or colouring
  • pinky bar — a chocolate-covered marshmallow bar
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • plantlike — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
  • pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
  • pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
  • polo neck — high turtleneck collar
  • polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
  • pontianak — a seaport on W Kalimantan (Borneo), in central Indonesia.
  • pony pack — a tray of usually one dozen growing plants that can be bought from a nursery for transplanting: a pony pack of tomato plants.
  • pound key — a push button on a telephone or key on a computer keyboard that is marked with a pound sign (#).
  • poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
  • pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
  • prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
  • predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
  • preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
  • preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
  • prickling — a sharp point.
  • princekin — a small, young, or minor prince.
  • printback — an enlarged print from a microfilm copy.
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