9-letter words containing p, a, y, n
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polygonal — a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polytonal — marked by or using polytonality.
- polyzonal — having many zones
- pony pack — a tray of usually one dozen growing plants that can be bought from a nursery for transplanting: a pony pack of tomato plants.
- poyang hu — lake in N Jiangxi province, SE China: c. 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km)
- pranayama — (in yoga) the art of breath control, practised as an aid to concentration
- prayingly — with prayer, prayerfully
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prokaryon — the nucleus of a prokaryote
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- pyongyang — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
- pyracanth — a thorny evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha, related to the hawthorn
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- rope yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- septenary — of or relating to the number seven or forming a group of seven.
- sisyphean — of or relating to Sisyphus.
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- spiny rat — any of various ratlike rodents of the genus Echimys, inhabiting forests of Central and South America, most having bristly fur.
- spoonways — like spoons, esp by fitting together in the way that spoons do
- spray can — a small can whose contents are in aerosol form. Compare aerosol bomb.
- spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
- spun yarn — yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.
- spy plane — an aircraft used to carry out surveillance of an enemy country or military formations from a high altitude
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- synalepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synaptase — a compound present in almonds and other oily seeds
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- tachypnea — excessively rapid respiration.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- theophany — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- twalpenny — a Scots shilling
- tympanist — a person who plays the drums, especially the kettledrums, in an orchestra.
- typhonian — of or relating to Typhon
- typomania — an obsession with typology