9-letter words containing n, s, p
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
- netphones — Plural form of netphone.
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- newsprint — a low-grade, machine-finished paper made from wood pulp and a small percentage of sulfite pulp, used chiefly for newspapers.
- nicopolis — city in ancient Epirus
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nightspot — a nightclub.
- nilopolis — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- nine-spot — a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- nipissing — a lake in SE Canada, in Ontario, N of Georgian Bay. 330 sq. mi. (855 sq. km).
- nippiness — The condition of being nippy.
- nipponese — Japanese
- no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
- non pros. — non prosequitur
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- noncompos — A foolish person.
- nonpapist — not papist, not Roman Catholic
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nonperson — someone whose existence or presence is not recognized.
- nonplused — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonpluses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nonplus.
- nonporous — full of pores.
- nonpostal — not postal, not relating to post
- nonposted — Not having been posted (in various senses).
- nonpulsed — Not pulsed.
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- nonstaple — not staple
- nonuplets — Plural form of nonuplet.
- noosphere — the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- nukespeak — Informal. euphemistic language and obscuring jargon used in discussions of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, etc.: nukespeak that minimizes the risks of nuclear war.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- offprints — Plural form of offprint.
- offspring — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- open shop — a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
- open side — the side of the scrum on which the majority of the backs are ranged
- open-cast — open-cut.
- opisthion — (anatomy) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull.
- opponents — Plural form of opponent.
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- opsomania — an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- opsonized — Simple past tense and past participle of opsonize.