9-letter words containing n, s, p
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- 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.
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precising — a concise summary.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- predesign — to design beforehand or in advance
- prehensor — a part that grasps
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- prelusion — a prelude.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- prentices — a male given name.
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- prescreen — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- preseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- presences — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- presenile — pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- presented — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- presentee — a person to whom something is presented.
- presenter — a person or thing that presents.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presiding — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- presinter — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- press run — the number of copies (of a book, newspaper, etc) printed during a continuous printing session
- presuming — presumptuous.