9-letter words containing a, l, p, n
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leadplant — a North American shrub, Amorpha canescens, of the legume family, the leaves and twigs of which have a gray cast.
- lexiphane — One who uses words pretentiously.
- 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.
- lindalisp — Linda for Lisp.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- long play — a long-playing phonograph record.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- main loop — (programming) The top-level control flow construct in an input- or event-driven program, the one which receives and acts or dispatches on the program's input events. See also driver.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- meal plan — outline of what to cook and eat
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- monoplane — an airplane with one main sustaining surface or one set of wings.
- monopolar — Having a single pole.
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- mossplant — another term for moss
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- nameplate — a flat, usually rectangular piece of metal, wood, or plastic on which the name of a person, company, etc., is printed or engraved: She has a large office with her nameplate on the door.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- napoleons — Plural form of napoleon.
- nauplioid — of or relating to the first stage in the development of a freshly hatched nauplius larva
- navy plug — a strong, dark tobacco in plug form.
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- neon lamp — a gas-discharge bulb containing two electrodes in neon gas and emitting a glow when a voltage is applied across the electrodes.
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neopilina — any primitive mollusk of the genus Neopilina, having a serial repetition of internal organs that suggests a close relationship to the annelids.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
- nonplanar — Not planar.
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- nonpliant — not pliant; inflexible
- nonpostal — not postal, not relating to post
- nonstaple — not staple
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- nullipara — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.