9-letter words containing n, a, p, i, e, s
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- plainness — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- raspiness — harsh; grating; rasping.
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- sailplane — a very light glider that can be lifted by an upward current of air.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- sappiness — abounding in sap, as a plant.
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- septarian — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- septimana — a week.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- 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
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- siphonage — the action of a siphon.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- sisyphean — of or relating to Sisyphus.
- snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
- spaciness — the state of being spacey
- spanaemia — a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- speranski — Mikhail Mikhailovich (mixɑˈil). 1772–1839, Russian statesman, chief adviser (1807–12) to Alexander I. His greatest achievement was the codification of Russian law (begun 1826)
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- spinacene — a type of vaccine
- spinebash — to rest; loaf.
- spinnaker — a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stephanie — a female given name.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.