9-letter words containing o, p, e, n, a
- panettone — an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- pantaleon — a keyboard instrument that preceded the piano
- pantalone — an Italian comic character
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- pantomime — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- patronage — the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- 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.
- patronize — 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.
- pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- peltation — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentapody — a measure consisting of five feet.
- pentosans — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- peronista — Peronist.
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phenomena — a plural of phenomenon.
- philopena — a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phone tag — telephone tag.
- phone tap — an instance of listening secretly, usually illegally, to someone's phone conversations using special electronic equipment
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.