9-letter words containing n, a, p
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- camp oven — a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire
- campagnol — (archaic) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis) that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
- campaigns — Plural form of campaign.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- 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.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- campodean — a campodeid.
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- canopying — The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- 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
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- cape-nome — a seaport in W Alaska.
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- 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.
- capsaicin — a colourless crystalline bitter alkaloid found in capsicums and used as a flavouring in vinegar and pickles. Formula: C18H27O3N
- capsizing — Present participle of capsize.
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.
- captaincy — The captaincy of a team is the position of being captain.
- captained — Simple past tense and past participle of captain.
- captainry — captainship
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- 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.
- cash plan — A cash plan is money paid towards the insured’s optical or dental costs, and also admission to a hospital.
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- cataplane — an aircraft designed to be launched by a catapult.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catnapped — Simple past tense and past participle of catnap.