9-letter words containing n, a, p
- 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.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- aquaplane — a single board on which a person stands and is towed by a motorboat at high speed, as in water skiing
- 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.
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- 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.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- asynapsis — failure of pairing of chromosomes at meiosis
- 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
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- 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
- ayia napa — a coastal resort in SE Cyprus. Pop: 9500 (2004 est)
- back pain — pain that is felt in the back
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- 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.
- bandshape — (physics) The shape (distribution of strengths with frequency) of a band of electromagnetic radiation.
- bang path — 1. (communications) An old-style UUCP electronic-mail address naming a sequence of hosts through which a message must pass to get from some assumed-reachable location to the addressee (a "source route"). So called because each hop is signified by a bang sign (exclamation mark). Thus, for example, the path ...!bigsite!foovax!barbox!me directs people to route their mail to computer bigsite (presumably a well-known location accessible to everybody) and from there through the computer foovax to the account of user me on barbox. Before autorouting mailers became commonplace, people often published compound bang addresses using the convention (see glob) to give paths from *several* big computers, in the hope that one's correspondent might be able to get mail to one of them reliably. e.g. ...!{seismo, ut-sally, ihnp4}!rice!beta!gamma!me Bang paths of 8 to 10 hops were not uncommon in 1981. Late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long transmission times. Bang paths were often selected by both transmission time and reliability, as messages would often get lost. 2. (operating system) A shebang.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- baptisand — Alternative spelling of baptizand.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baptizand — A person about to submit to baptism.
- baptizing — Present participle of baptize.
- 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.
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bioparent — a biological parent
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- 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)
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- 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
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.