9-letter words containing n, o, t, s, p
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- pectinose — arabinose.
- penistone — a coarse woollen cloth formerly used to make clothes
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- penstemon — any of numerous chiefly North American plants belonging to the genus Penstemon, of the figwort family, some species of which are cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- pentecost — a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- pentosans — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pentoside — a glycoside that, upon hydrolysis, yields a pentose
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pipestone — a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- point-set — (of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- pointwise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- post horn — a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches.
- post town — a town having a main Post Office branch
- postilion — a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- postnasal — located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx, as a flow of mucus; nasopharyngeal: a postnasal infection.
- postnatal — subsequent to childbirth: postnatal infection.
- postponed — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- posttonic — immediately following a stressed syllable: a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- postwoman — female postal worker
- pottstown — a borough in SE Pennsylvania.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- propontis — Marmara
- prosthion — the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.