9-letter words containing p, n
- conceptus — any of various products of conception, including the embryo, fetus, and surrounding tissue
- conoscope — a polarizing microscope for giving interference figures and for determining the principal axis of a crystal.
- conscript — A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
- conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
- conspirer — to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
- conspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire.
- contemper — to temper (something) by mixing with something of a different nature
- contempts — Plural form of contempt.
- coopering — Present participle of cooper.
- copacking — The manufacture and packaging of a product under contract to a client (and having the client's name/brand on the packaging).
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- copataine — (of a hat) high-crowned
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- copestone — a stone used to form a coping
- coportion — (obsolete, nonce) equal share.
- coppering — Present participle of copper.
- coppicing — Present participle of coppice.
- copresent — to present jointly
- copy down — If you copy down something that someone has said or written, you write it down exactly.
- corn chip — a thin, crisp piece of snack food made from cornmeal.
- corn pone — a kind of corn bread baked in small oval loaves, or pones
- corn-pone — of or characteristic of an unsophisticated rural person, especially from the South: a corn-pone accent.
- cornopean — a cornet
- cornpones — Plural form of cornpone.
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- corpulent — If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosponsor — a person, company, or other organization that is one of the two sponsors of an event or initiative
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- couponing — the distribution or redemption of promotional coupons
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crepiness — the quality of being crepe-like in texture, esp in skin
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- crimplene — Crimplene is an artificial fabric used for making clothes which does not crease easily.
- crippling — A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body.
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
- crumpling — Present participle of crumple.
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cup final — the final of any cup competition
- cup plant — a hardy composite plant, Silphium perfoliatum, of eastern North America, having large yellow flower heads and opposite leaves that envelop the stem, forming a cup.
- cupertino — a town in W California.