9-letter words containing n, p, d
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drop zone — an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or supplies are landed from aircraft for a military operation. Abbreviation: DZ.
- drop-down — computer menu, list: displayed when selected
- droppings — the act of a person or thing that drops.
- dropsonde — an instrument similar to a radiosonde that is attached to a parachute and released from an aircraft.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- dry point — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- drying up — When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.
- duck pond — a pond for ducks
- dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
- dumplings — Plural form of dumpling.
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- dung heap — a heap of dung
- duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
- duplexing — duplex apartment.
- duplicand — the twofold increase of feu-duty for the period of a year, or the feu-duty paid, as occasioned at specific times
- dupondius — a coin of ancient Rome, equal to two asses.
- dynorphin — (biochemistry) Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin.
- dysphonia — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dysphonic — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dyspnoeal — Pertaining to, or of the nature of dyspnoea; in connexion with dyspnoea.
- dyspnoeic — Alternative spelling of dyspneic.
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- empanadas — Plural form of empanada.
- empaneled — Simple past tense and past participle of empanel.
- enclasped — Simple past tense and past participle of enclasp.
- encrypted — Being in code; having been encrypted.
- end plate — the area of specialized tissue that forms the junction between an individual muscle fiber and its motor nerve
- end point — extremity
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- endolymph — The fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
- endomorph — A person with a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.
- endophagy — cannibalism within the same group or tribe
- endophyte — A plant, especially a fungus, that lives inside another plant.
- endoplasm — The more fluid, granular inner layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells.
- endoproct — entoproct
- endorphin — Any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions. They are peptides that activate the body’s opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect.
- endoscope — An instrument that can be introduced into the body to give a view of its internal parts.
- endoscopy — (medicine) the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
- endosperm — The part of a seed that acts as a food store for the developing plant embryo, usually containing starch with protein and other nutrients.
- endospore — A resistant asexual spore that develops inside some bacteria cells.
- endpapers — Plural form of endpaper.
- endpoints — Plural form of endpoint.
- ensphered — Simple past tense and past participle of ensphere.
- entrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of entrap.
- enveloped — Simple past tense and past participle of envelop.
- enwrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of enwrap.
- ephedrine — A crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from some ephedras. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used to relieve asthma and hay fever.
- esplanade — A long, open, level area, typically beside the sea, along which people may walk for pleasure.