9-letter words containing p, a, r, n
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- pin grass — common storksbill, a weed with fernlike leaves
- pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinky bar — a chocolate-covered marshmallow bar
- pintadera — a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in the Neolithic of the E Mediterranean and in many American cultures
- 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.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- planarian — any of various free-swimming, mostly freshwater flatworms of the class Turbellaria, having an undulating or sluglike motion: popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts.
- planarity — of or relating to a geometric plane.
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- plansheer — plancer.
- plein-air — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- ponderate — deliberate or intentional
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- ponograph — an instrument for graphically recording pain or muscular fatigue.
- porbandar — a seaport in SW Gujarat, in W India.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- portinari — Cândido [kahn-dee-doo] /ˈkɑ̃ di dʊ/ (Show IPA), 1903–62, Brazilian painter.
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- portolano — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- power nap — a short sleep taken during the working day with the intention of improving the quality of work later in the day
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- praenomen — the first or personal name of a Roman citizen, as “Gaius” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- pranayama — (in yoga) the art of breath control, practised as an aid to concentration
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- prayingly — with prayer, prayerfully
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- pre-enact — to enact beforehand
- pre-incan — of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- pre-roman — of or relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.