9-letter words containing n, o, a, p, r
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- cornopean — a cornet
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- dna probe — a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.
- dognapper — Agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- epuration — purification
- esperanto — Esperanto is an invented language which consists of parts of several European languages, and which was designed to help people from different countries communicate with each other.
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- extropian — Of, or relating to extropy.
- far point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- far-point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- floor pan — a solid bottom, found in some types of automobiles, that adds rigidity to the structure and serves as the base for the seats.
- floorplan — Alternative spelling of floor plan.
- foreplane — (nautical, aeronautics) A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- frontpage — Alternative spelling of front page.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- hard porn — hard-core pornography.
- harpooned — Simple past tense and past participle of harpoon.
- harpooner — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- land-poor — in need of ready money while owning much land.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
- 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.
- man power — the power supplied by human physical exertions: an ancient building constructed entirely by man power.
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- 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.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- 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.