9-letter words containing n, a, p
- gaziantep — a city in S Turkey in Asia.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- giantship — the character, condition, or personality of a giant
- gippsland — a fertile region of SE Australia, in SE Victoria, extending east along the coast from Melbourne to the New South Wales border. Area: 35 200 sq km (13 600 sq miles)
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grand pre — a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.
- grandpapa — grandfather.
- grapeline — grapnel.
- grapevine — a town in N Texas.
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- grappling — a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
- gray pine — jack pine.
- greenspan — Alan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
- grill pan — a wide, shallow metal vessel used to contain food that is being cooked under a grill
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guineapig — Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
- gum plant — gumweed.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- haanepoot — a type of white wine made from the Hanepoot grape
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hand-pick — to pick by hand.
- hand-play — the practice of fighting with fists
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handphone — A cordless or cellular phone.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- handplant — (skateboarding) A move in which the skater balances on his hand after skating up to the top of a halfpipe.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- handprint — an impression or mark made with the palm and fingers on a surface.
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handshape — (in sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- handstamp — an implement for stamping an impression
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- happen by — chance upon
- happen on — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- happen to — chance to
- happen-so — chance; happenstance; accident: Meeting you today was pure happen-so.
- happeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of happen.
- happening — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- happyness — Misspelling of happiness.