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

  • aquaporin — any one of a group of proteins in cell membranes that allow the passage of water across the membrane
  • aspargine — (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
  • aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
  • aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
  • aspirants — Plural form of aspirant.
  • auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
  • avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
  • backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
  • bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
  • 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
  • bioparent — a biological parent
  • bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
  • breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
  • c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
  • calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
  • campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
  • campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
  • canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
  • 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
  • capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
  • capricorn — Capricorn is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a goat. People who are born approximately between the 22nd of December and the 19th of January come under this sign.
  • captainry — captainship
  • capturing — Present participle of capture.
  • car phone — A car phone is a mobile phone, especially one which is designed to be used in a car.
  • cardphone — a public telephone operated by the insertion of a phonecard instead of coins
  • cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
  • care plan — a plan for the medical care of a particular patient or the welfare of a child in care
  • carpenter — A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
  • carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
  • carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
  • carpingly — In a carping manner.
  • catnapper — a person who catnaps
  • chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
  • chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
  • cheapener — One who cheapens.
  • chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
  • co-parent — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
  • companera — (in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.
  • companero — (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
  • comparing — Present participle of compare.
  • coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
  • copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
  • cornopean — a cornet
  • corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
  • cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
  • crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
  • crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
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