9-letter words containing n, a, p, s
- 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.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- 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.
- mantispid — any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- monocarps — Plural form of monocarp.
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- monospace — Of a typeface, having the same width for each character.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- moonscape — the general appearance of the surface of the moon.
- mossplant — another term for moss
- namespace — (computing) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- napoleons — Plural form of napoleon.
- nasoscope — Rhinoscope.
- navpaktos — Greek name of Lepanto.
- neopagans — Plural form of neopagan.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- nonpapist — not papist, not Roman Catholic
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nonpostal — not postal, not relating to post
- nonstaple — not staple
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nukespeak — Informal. euphemistic language and obscuring jargon used in discussions of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, etc.: nukespeak that minimizes the risks of nuclear war.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- open-cast — open-cut.