9-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- mepacrine — The drug quinacrine.
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- monocarps — Plural form of monocarp.
- monograph — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monopolar — Having a single pole.
- name-drop — mention famous person to impress
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- napierian — of, relating to, or formulated by John Napier.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- nomograph — a graph, usually containing three parallel scales graduated for different variables so that when a straight line connects values of any two, the related value may be read directly from the third at the point intersected by the line.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonparent — a person who is not a parent
- nonparity — the condition of having no parity; the state of not being equal
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nonplanar — Not planar.
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- notepaper — writing paper, especially that used in writing notes or personal correspondence and usually less than 8½ × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size.
- nullipara — a woman who has never borne a child.
- omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- on parade — on display
- on parole — If a prisoner is on parole, he or she is released before the official end of their prison sentence and will not be sent back to prison if their behaviour is good.
- on patrol — monitoring an area
- ondograph — an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
- operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
- orpharion — (music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain