9-letter words containing n, a, p, o
- rotaplane — an aircraft that derives its lift from freely revolving rotor blades
- salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
- san pablo — a city in the Philippines, on S Luzon.
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- saxophone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usually brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed.
- senna pod — a pod of any of various tropical plants of the leguminous genus Cassia, used in making laxatives
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- shopwoman — a woman who works in a shop
- 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
- slant-top — (especially of a desk) having a slant front.
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- snap roll — a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a fast roll
- snap shot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snap-roll — to put (an airplane) through the maneuver of a snap roll.
- snapshoot — to take a snapshot of (a subject).
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- soapstone — a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- sonograph — an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.
- sophonias — Zephaniah.
- sopranino — a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
- span roof — a roof having two slopes of equal breadth and pitch meeting at a common ridge.
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- spiration — the act of breathing
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- spokesman — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- spongebag — A spongebag is a small bag in which you keep things such as soap and a toothbrush when you are travelling.
- sponsalia — marriage; espousals
- spoonways — like spoons, esp by fitting together in the way that spoons do
- sporangia — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sporozoan — any parasitic spore-forming protozoan of the phylum (or class) Sporozoa, several species of which, as plasmodia, cause malaria.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- sportsman — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- theophany — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- tonle sap — a lake in W Cambodia, draining into the Mekong River.