9-letter words containing p, n
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- anapaests — Plural form of anapaest.
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- anaphasic — relating to the third stage in cell division
- anaphoral — relating to the prayer of oblation and consecration performed during Holy Communion
- anaphoras — Plural form of anaphora.
- anaphoria — (symptom) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anaplasia — reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler less differentiated form
- anaplasic — Of or pertaining to anaplasia.
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- anaptyxis — the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable
- ancipital — flattened and having two edges
- aneuploid — (of polyploid cells or organisms) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, caused by one chromosome set being incomplete
- angiocarp — a plant bearing an angiocarpous fruit.
- angophora — any tree of the genus Angophora, related to the eucalyptus and native to E Australia
- anguipede — a mythological creature of Persian origin with a rooster's head and snakes for legs
- annapolis — the capital of Maryland, near the mouth of the Severn River on Chesapeake Bay: site of the US Naval Academy. Pop: 36 178 (2003 est)
- annapurna — a massif of the Himalayas, in Nepal. Highest peak: 8078 m (26 502 ft)
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- ant-pipit — gnateater.
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anthropo- — indicating man or human
- anthropod — Misspelling of arthropod.
- anti-pill — denoting a material that does not form pills or that resists pilling
- anti-porn — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- antigraph — A copy or transcript.
- antipapal — opposed to the pope
- antiparty — opposed to a political party or to political parties
- antipasta — Misspelling of antipasto.
- antipasti — a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
- antipasto — Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.
- antipater — ?398–319 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: regent of Macedon (334–323)
- antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
- antiplant — Designed to kill plants; herbicidal.
- antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.