9-letter words containing s, a, p, i, e, n
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- paintress — a female painter
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantheist — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parenesis — exhortation; admonition
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- pastiness — the quality of being pasty.
- patiences — a female given name.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- peakiness — peaked2 .
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- pepsinate — to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- peronista — Peronist.
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pinelands — the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).