9-letter words containing o, p, e, n, t
- haanepoot — a type of white wine made from the Hanepoot grape
- happen to — chance to
- haptonema — In haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- heptanone — any of three isomeric ketones, C 11 H 14 O, derived from heptane.
- honey pot — any of a caste of workers in certain species of ants, that serve as living storehouses for a honeylike material later used by the whole colony
- honeypots — Plural form of honeypot.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- hypnodiet — a diet involving the use of hypnosis to change one's attitude to food
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotize — to put in the hypnotic state.
- ice piton — a type of piton designed for being driven into ice
- ice point — the temperature at which a mixture of ice and air-saturated water at a pressure of one atmosphere is in equilibrium, represented by 0°C and 32°F.
- impletion — An act of filling; the state of being full.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- impotency — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- impsonite — a black variety of asphaltite with a jagged fracture.
- in pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- inception — beginning; start; commencement.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- inopinate — unexpected
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interpone — to interpose
- interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- leptotene — a stage of cell division during the prophase of meiosis, in which the chromosomes are not distinct but appear as a mass of entangled threads.
- let up on — If you let up on someone or something, you stop being so harsh or strict with them.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- money pit — sth continually costing money
- monkeypot — the woody, operculate seed vessel of any of certain large South American trees of the genus Lecythis.
- monoptote — a noun that exists in only one case
- monotypes — Plural form of monotype.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- n'importe — no matter
- negropont — Euboea.
- neophytes — Plural form of neophyte.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- netphones — Plural form of netphone.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- nilpotent — equal to zero when raised to a certain power.