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9-letter words containing p, n, e

  • apennines — a mountain range in Italy, extending over 1250 km (800 miles) from the northwest to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Highest peak: Monte Corno, 2912 m (9554 ft)
  • aperients — Plural form of aperient.
  • apertness — the quality of being apert
  • apishness — The state or quality of being apish.
  • aplanetic — (esp of some algal and fungal spores) nonmotile or lacking a motile stage
  • apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
  • apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
  • apoenzyme — a protein component that together with a coenzyme forms an enzyme
  • apophenia — (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
  • apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
  • appalment — The state of being appalled or alarmed.
  • appanaged — having appanage
  • appanages — Plural form of appanage.
  • appealant — Obsolete form of appellant.
  • appealing — Someone or something that is appealing is pleasing and attractive.
  • appearing — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
  • appeasing — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
  • appellant — An appellant is someone who is appealing against a court's decision after they have been judged guilty of a crime.
  • appenages — Plural form of appenage.
  • appendage — An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
  • appendant — attached, affixed, or added
  • appendent — attached or suspended; annexed.
  • appending — Present participle of append.
  • appentice — penthouse (def 4).
  • appenzell — a canton of NE Switzerland, divided in 1597 into the Protestant demicanton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes and the Catholic demicanton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes. Capitals: Herisau and Appenzell, respectively. Pop: 53 200 and Pop: 15 000 (2002 est) respectively. Areas: 243 sq km (94 sq miles) and 171 sq km (66 sq miles) respectively
  • appertain — to belong (to) as a part, function, right, etc; relate (to) or be connected (with)
  • appetence — a natural craving or desire
  • appetency — a strong desire; craving; appetite
  • applanate — having a horizontally flattened form.
  • appletini — a cocktail consisting of vodka and apple juice with apple cider, apple brandy, or apple liqueur, and sometimes vermouth
  • appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
  • appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
  • appointee — An appointee is someone who has been chosen for a particular job or position of responsibility.
  • appointer — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
  • apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
  • apronlike — resembling an apron
  • apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
  • aquaplane — a single board on which a person stands and is towed by a motorboat at high speed, as in water skiing
  • aspargine — (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
  • aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
  • aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
  • aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
  • asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
  • audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
  • auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
  • autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
  • backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
  • bandshape — (physics) The shape (distribution of strengths with frequency) of a band of electromagnetic radiation.
  • barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
  • be pie on — to be keen on
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