9-letter words containing n, a, p, h
- shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
- shopwoman — a woman who works in a shop
- siphonage — the action of a siphon.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- sisyphean — of or relating to Sisyphus.
- snap shot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snaphance — a type of mechanism similar to a flintlock used to discharge a gun
- snapshoot — to take a snapshot of (a subject).
- sonograph — an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.
- sophonias — Zephaniah.
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- spinebash — to rest; loaf.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- stephanie — a female given name.
- straphang — to travel as a straphanger.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- synalepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- tachypnea — excessively rapid respiration.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- thaneship — thanage.
- the pinta — one of the three ships commanded by Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
- theophany — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- thraiping — a thrashing
- toxaphene — an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- transship — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- typhonian — of or relating to Typhon
- unhappily — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- unpatched — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
- unshapely — not shapely
- up-anchor — to weigh anchor.
- upanishad — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- upmanship — one-upmanship.
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- whip hand — the hand that holds the whip, in driving.
- whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- wind harp — aeolian harp.
- xanthippe — flourished late 5th century b.c, wife of Socrates.
- zephaniah — a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.
- zephyrean — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zephyrian — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zoophagan — a carnivorous animal