9-letter words containing n, a, m, p
- monophagy — The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- monoplane — an airplane with one main sustaining surface or one set of wings.
- monopodia — a single main axis that continues to extend at the apex in the original line of growth, giving off lateral branches beneath in acropetal succession.
- monopolar — Having a single pole.
- monospace — Of a typeface, having the same width for each character.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- moonscape — the general appearance of the surface of the moon.
- 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.
- name tape — a fabric tape on which a person's name is written, woven, or printed: for affixing to garments and other personal belongings to identify ownership.
- name-drop — mention famous person to impress
- 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.
- namespace — (computing) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.
- 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.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- nomograph — a graph, usually containing three parallel scales graduated for different variables so that when a straight line connects values of any two, the related value may be read directly from the third at the point intersected by the line.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- nonimpact — Not involving impact.
- nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- onomatope — (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.
- open game — a relatively simple game involving open ranks and files, permitting tactical play, and usually following symmetrical development
- opsomania — an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pademelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
- palmation — a palmate state or formation.
- pampeluna — Pamplona.
- pan-human — of, relating to, or affecting all humanity.
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- pandemian — sensual
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- panmictic — random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.
- panmunjom — a small community along the boundary between North Korea and South Korea: site of the truce talks at the close of the Korean War.
- panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- pantagamy — a communal marriage system amongst members of a community or household
- 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.
- pantomime — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.