9-letter words containing o, n, c, p
- pony club — an international youth organization that educates young people about horses and horse riding
- pony pack — a tray of usually one dozen growing plants that can be bought from a nursery for transplanting: a pony pack of tomato plants.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- posttonic — immediately following a stressed syllable: a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- princeton — a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- procident — relating to a prolapse
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- procuring — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuncio — a papal ambassador in a country that does not grant the Pope's ambassador precedence over other ambassadors
- propionic — of or derived from propionic acid.
- proteinic — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- provocant — a person who deliberately behaves controversially to provoke argument or other strong reactions
- ptomainic — causing or resulting from ptomaines
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- punk rock — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.