9-letter words containing p, a, c, i, n
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- hand-pick — to pick by hand.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- impacting — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impeccant — Without sin; impeccable.
- impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- implicant — (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- incapable — not capable.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- incompact — not compact; loose.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- jack pine — a scrubby pine, Pinus banksiana, growing on tracts of poor, rocky land in Canada and the northern U.S., bearing short needles and curved cones.
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
- laplacian — the operator ∂2/∂x2 + ∂2/∂y2 + ∂2/∂z2,
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- mepacrine — The drug quinacrine.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nonimpact — Not involving impact.
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
- pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
- packaging — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
- pactional — relating to an agreement or a bargain
- pan juice — Often, pan juices. the natural juices exuded by meat, poultry, etc., while baking or roasting: used especially in basting.
- pancaking — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panic bar — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- panically — in a panicky manner
- panicking — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- panmictic — random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.