9-letter words containing p, o, y, n
- pony pack — a tray of usually one dozen growing plants that can be bought from a nursery for transplanting: a pony pack of tomato plants.
- porphyrin — a dark red, photosensitive pigment consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by single carbon atoms: a component of chlorophyll, heme, and vitamin B 1 2 .
- pound key — a push button on a telephone or key on a computer keyboard that is marked with a pound sign (#).
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- poyang hu — lake in N Jiangxi province, SE China: c. 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km)
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- probingly — with a probing approach
- procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons
- proenzyme — any of a group of proteins that are converted to active enzymes by partial breakdown, as by the action of an acid or other enzyme.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prokaryon — the nucleus of a prokaryote
- prong key — a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc
- propylene — containing the propylene group.
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- pyongyang — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
- pyrotoxin — pyrogen.
- pyroxylin — a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rompingly — in a romping manner
- rope yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- show pony — a person who tries to be the centre of attention; show-off
- spinosity — the condition of being spinose
- spondylo- — vertebra
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- spoonways — like spoons, esp by fitting together in the way that spoons do
- sporogeny — the process of spore formation in plants and animals
- sporogony — (in certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of an encysted zygote or oocyte, resulting in the formation of sporozoites.
- stenotype — a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
- stenotypy — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- stony pit — a disease of pears, caused by a virus and characterized by deformed, pitted fruit.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- synopsize — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- synoptist — one of the authors (Matthew, Mark, or Luke) of the synoptic Gospels.
- synth-pop — a type of pop music in which synthesizers are used to create the dominant sound
- syphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.