7-letter words containing p, a, n
- nam pla — a fish sauce used in Thai cookery.
- nampula — a city in E Mozambique.
- nanoamp — One thousand millionth ( 10-9 ) of an ampere. Symbol: nA.
- napalms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of napalm.
- naphtha — a colorless, volatile petroleum distillate, usually an intermediate product between gasoline and benzine, used as a solvent, fuel, etc. Compare mineral spirits.
- napkins — Plural form of napkin.
- napless — the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
- nappers — Plural form of napper.
- nappier — Comparative form of nappy.
- nappies — Plural form of nappy.
- napping — to sleep for a short time; doze.
- naptime — a time set aside for taking a nap; a period during which one naps.
- naskapi — a member of a North American Indian people of Labrador and Quebec.
- natsopa — National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel
- nauplii — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- netplay — (video games) Multiplayer gameplay over a network.
- no soap — a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- nonpaid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- nonpark — Not of or pertaining to a park.
- nonpast — a tense that is not the past tense, a non-past tense
- nonpeak — off-peak.
- nonplay — social behaviour that is not classed as play
- nopales — (plurale tantum) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
- noplace — nowhere.
- notepad — a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- np-hard — (complexity) A set or property of computational search problems. A problem is NP-hard if solving it in polynomial time would make it possible to solve all problems in class NP in polynomial time. Some NP-hard problems are also in NP (these are called "NP-complete"), some are not. If you could reduce an NP problem to an NP-hard problem and then solve it in polynomial time, you could solve all NP problems. See also computational complexity.
- nuptial — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nuptual — Misspelling of nuptial.
- nymphae — Anatomy. one of the inner labia of the vulva.
- nymphal — Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
- oil pan — the bottom part of the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine in which the oil used to lubricate the engine accumulates.
- on-peak — peak1 (def 17).
- on-ramp — an entrance lane for traffic from a street to a turnpike or freeway.
- opaline — of or like opal; opalescent.
- operand — a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- operant — operating; producing effects.
- oppidan — of a town; urban.
- opuntia — A cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears.
- orphans — Plural form of orphan.
- orphean — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- outplan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- outspan — to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.
- p'an ku — a being personifying the primeval stuff from which heaven and earth were formed.
- pa chin — (Li Fei-kan) Ba Jin.
- pa'anga — a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Tonga equal to 100 seniti.
- paceman — a fast bowler
- pack in — Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt.
- packing — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- packman — a peddler.
- paction — an agreement or bargain