9-letter words containing n, s, p
- passenger — a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- passingly — in passing; in a passing manner
- passional — of, relating to, or marked by passion.
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- pastiness — the quality of being pasty.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- patiences — a female given name.
- 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.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pausanias — flourished a.d. c175, Greek traveler, geographer, and author.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pawn shop — shop that makes loans on personal property
- peakiness — peaked2 .
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pedantism — pedantry.
- peg pants — close-fitting trousers made of stretch fabric
- pekingese — one of a Chinese breed of small dogs having a long, silky coat.
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pen-based — (of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device.
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- penistone — a coarse woollen cloth formerly used to make clothes
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- penniless — without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute.
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- penpusher — pencil pusher.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- penseroso — a pensive, brooding, or thoughtful person
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- 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
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- peppiness — energetic; vigorous; lively.