9-letter words containing n, s, p
- jespersen — (Jens) Otto (Harry) [yens ot-oh hahr-ee] /yɛns ˈɒt oʊ ˈhɑr i/ (Show IPA), 1860–1943, Danish philologist.
- josephine — Empress (Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie) Beauharnais, Joséphine de.
- josephson — Brian David, born 1940, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1973.
- jumpiness — The state of being jumpy.
- junk shop — a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- king post — a structural member running vertically between the apex and base of a triangular roof truss.
- kingklips — Plural form of kingklip.
- kingships — Plural form of kingship.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- knapsacks — Plural form of knapsack.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- lampstand — a support for a light bulb
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landslips — Plural form of landslip.
- lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lily pons — Lily [lil-ee;; French lee-lee] /ˈlɪl i;; French liˈli/ (Show IPA), 1904–76, U.S. operatic soprano, born in France.
- linchpins — Plural form of linchpin.
- lindalisp — Linda for Lisp.
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- lippiness — the characteristic of being excessively outspoken or brash
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- long stop — a fielder who stands behind the wicket keeper, and catches balls the wicket keeper misses
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- loopiness — The state or condition of being loopy; craziness.
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- lovespoon — Alternative spelling of love spoon.
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lumpiness — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- mantispid — any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.