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9-letter words containing n, a, p, o

  • antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
  • antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
  • antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
  • antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
  • apeldoorn — a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (2003 est)
  • apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
  • apoenzyme — a protein component that together with a coenzyme forms an enzyme
  • apophenia — (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
  • apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
  • appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
  • appointee — An appointee is someone who has been chosen for a particular job or position of responsibility.
  • appointer — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
  • appointor — a person to whom a power to nominate persons to take property is given by deed or will
  • apportion — When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
  • approving — An approving reaction or remark shows support for something, or satisfaction with it.
  • apronfuls — Plural form of apronful.
  • apronlike — resembling an apron
  • aprotinin — (protein) A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding.
  • aquaporin — any one of a group of proteins in cell membranes that allow the passage of water across the membrane
  • aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
  • ata point — (unit, text)   (Or "Anglo-Saxon point") One of the two most common variants of the point, equal to 0.3514598 mm, or 0.0138366 inch, or 1/72.272 inch. The ATA point is used on the island of the United Kingdom and on the American continent.
  • audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
  • autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
  • autophony — a diagnosis made by listening to vibration of one's own voice on the patient's chest
  • autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
  • avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
  • ballpoint — A ballpoint or a ballpoint pen is a pen with a very small metal ball at the end which transfers the ink from the pen onto a surface.
  • bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
  • barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
  • beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
  • bioparent — a biological parent
  • bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
  • body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
  • bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
  • cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
  • call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • camp oven — a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire
  • campagnol — (archaic) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis) that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
  • campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
  • campodean — a campodeid.
  • canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
  • canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
  • canopying — The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
  • cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
  • caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
  • cape horn — a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific
  • cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
  • cape-nome — a seaport in W Alaska.
  • caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
  • caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
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