9-letter words containing p, i, n, e
- neohippie — Alternative form of neohippy.
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- neopilina — any primitive mollusk of the genus Neopilina, having a serial repetition of internal organs that suggests a close relationship to the annelids.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nepheline — a feldspathoid mineral, essentially sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSiO 4 , occurring in alkali-rich volcanic rocks.
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neptunian — pertaining to Neptune or the sea.
- neptunite — A black silicate mineral with chemical formula KNa2Li(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti2Si8O24.
- neptunium — a transuranic element produced in nuclear reactors by the neutron bombardment of U-238: decays rapidly to plutonium and then to U-235. Symbol: Np; atomic number: 93.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- newsprint — a low-grade, machine-finished paper made from wood pulp and a small percentage of sulfite pulp, used chiefly for newspapers.
- nilpotent — equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
- nine-spot — a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- ninepence — (used with a plural verb) British. nine pennies.
- ninepenny — noting a nail 2.75 inches (7 cm) long. Symbol: 9d.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- nipperkin — (archaic) A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
- nippiness — The condition of being nippy.
- nipponese — Japanese
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonpoetic — not poetic
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
- obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
- oenophile — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- on tiptoe — the tip or end of a toe.
- one piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- one-piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- open bite — deformity: jaws do not close
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- open fire — start shooting
- open mike — a session in a pub or club where members of the public are invited to perform comedy or to sing