9-letter words containing o, p, n, e, t
- point-set — (of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pointelle — a knitting design, usually in the form of chevrons
- pointille — (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pointwise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- pollenate — pollinate
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polythene — polyethylene.
- ponderate — deliberate or intentional
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- pontonier — an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- portioner — a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- postponed — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- potentate — a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- potentize — to make more potent, esp. a drug
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- pottering — putter1 .
- pottinger — an apothecary
- pound net — a trap for catching fish, consisting of a system of nets staked upright in the water and a rectangular enclosure or pound from which escape is impossible.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- premotion — a previous motion
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- prenotion — a preconception.
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- preoption — the right of first choice
- prepotent — preeminent in power, authority, or influence; predominant: a prepotent name in the oil business.
- princeton — a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- procident — relating to a prolapse
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- proponent — a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- protanope — a person diagnosed with protanopia
- 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.
- protogine — a gneissose granite with sericite, found in the Alps
- protonate — to provide an atom, molecule, or ion with a proton
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.