9-letter words containing o, n, c, p
- pantropic — (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
- panzootic — a disease that affects all the animals in a geographical area
- paranoiac — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- paratonic — (of a plant movement) occurring in response to an external stimulus
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pedogenic — the process of soil formation.
- pennoncel — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentecost — a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- penticton — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- percheron — one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- phycocyan — a type of blue pigment or protein which is found in some algae
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
- pine cone — the cone or strobile of a pine tree.
- pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
- pinocchio — the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- pleiocene — Pliocene
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- poignancy — the state or condition of being poignant.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- poinciana — royal poinciana.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome