9-letter words containing n, a, o, c
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- outlaunch — to send out
- outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
- overclean — too clean
- oxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 1 9 H 1 9 N 3 O 5 S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections.
- pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
- pactional — relating to an agreement or a bargain
- 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.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
- panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- pantropic — (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
- panzootic — a disease that affects all the animals in a geographical area
- paranoiac — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- paratonic — (of a plant movement) occurring in response to an external stimulus
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- phycocyan — a type of blue pigment or protein which is found in some algae
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- poignancy — the state or condition of being poignant.
- poinciana — royal poinciana.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- 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.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- provocant — a person who deliberately behaves controversially to provoke argument or other strong reactions
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- racegoing — that goes to races
- raciation — the evolutionary development of races