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9-letter words containing p, n

  • bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
  • bit plane — (graphics)   (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
  • blind pig — speak-easy
  • bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
  • blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
  • bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
  • body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
  • bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
  • breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
  • bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
  • bumpkinly — like a bumpkin
  • bundle up — If you bundle up a mass of things, you make them into a bundle by gathering or tying them together.
  • bunged up — congested
  • bunny hop — a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
  • bupropion — an antidepressant drug used to help people stop smoking
  • button up — to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
  • bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  • c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
  • cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
  • call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
  • cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
  • camp oven — a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire
  • campagnol — (archaic) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis) that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
  • campaigns — Plural form of campaign.
  • campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
  • campanist — an expert on bells
  • campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
  • campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
  • campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
  • campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
  • campiness — the quality of being campy
  • campodean — a campodeid.
  • candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
  • canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
  • canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
  • canopying — The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
  • cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
  • caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
  • cape horn — a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific
  • cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
  • cape-nome — a seaport in W Alaska.
  • capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
  • capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
  • caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
  • caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
  • capricorn — Capricorn is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a goat. People who are born approximately between the 22nd of December and the 19th of January come under this sign.
  • capsaicin — a colourless crystalline bitter alkaloid found in capsicums and used as a flavouring in vinegar and pickles. Formula: C18H27O3N
  • capsizing — Present participle of capsize.
  • capstones — Plural form of capstone.
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