9-letter words containing p, r, o, n
- companero — (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- compering — a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- comprendo — (slang) do you understand?.
- computron — (jargon) /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" 2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation or information, in much the same way that an electron carries electric charge (see also bogon).
- conceptor — a person who generates or conceives ideas or plans.
- 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
- coopering — Present participle of cooper.
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- coportion — (obsolete, nonce) equal share.
- coppering — Present participle of copper.
- copresent — to present jointly
- 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
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- 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
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- deploring — Present participle of deplore.
- deporting — Present participle of deport.
- devonport — a city in N Tasmania.
- diruption — (archaic) disruption.
- disprison — to release from prison
- disproven — Alternative irregular form of the Past participle of disprove.
- dna probe — a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.
- dognapper — Agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
- donorship — a person who gives or donates.
- downpours — Plural form of downpour.
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight