9-letter words containing nc
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- pub lunch — a lunch in a pub
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punchless — having no punch
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- punctatim — point for point.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- purulence — pus.
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- queencake — a small light cake containing currants
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- quenching — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- querencia — (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. (from 1930s).
- quidnuncs — Plural form of quidnunc.
- quiesence — Misspelling of quiescence.
- quittance — recompense or requital.
- raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rancheria — a family household unit or settlement.
- rancherie — an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
- ranchette — a small-scale ranch, typically of only a few acres.
- ranchless — having no ranch or ranches
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- rancidity — having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
- rancorous — full of or showing rancor.
- reactance — Electricity. the opposition of inductance and capacitance to alternating current, expressed in ohms: equal to the product of the sine of the angular phase difference between current and voltage and the ratio of the effective voltage to the effective current. Symbol: X. Compare capacitive reactance, inductive reactance.
- readvance — to advance again or further
- rebalance — to balance (something) again
- reconceal — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- reconcile — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- recreancy — cowardly or craven.
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- redolence — having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- reference — pointer
- refinance — to finance again.
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- remanence — the magnetic flux that remains in a magnetic circuit after an applied magnetomotive force has been removed.
- rencontre — rencounter.
- renitence — resisting pressure; resistant.
- renounced — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
- residency — residence (def 3).