9-letter words containing p
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anthropo- — indicating man or human
- anthropod — Misspelling of arthropod.
- anti-pill — denoting a material that does not form pills or that resists pilling
- anti-porn — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- antigraph — A copy or transcript.
- antipapal — opposed to the pope
- antiparty — opposed to a political party or to political parties
- antipasta — Misspelling of antipasto.
- antipasti — a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
- antipasto — Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.
- antipater — ?398–319 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: regent of Macedon (334–323)
- antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
- antiplant — Designed to kill plants; herbicidal.
- antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
- antipress — opposed to or acting against the press
- antiprism — A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antispast — a group of four syllables, two short and two long, in a metric foot
- antitypes — Plural form of antitype.
- apartheid — Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law.
- apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- apartness — the quality of being apart
- apatheism — (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
- apatheist — (religion) A person who may accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about that god's existence.
- apathetic — If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- apatosaur — a large, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaur
- apeldoorn — a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (2003 est)
- apennines — a mountain range in Italy, extending over 1250 km (800 miles) from the northwest to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Highest peak: Monte Corno, 2912 m (9554 ft)
- aperients — Plural form of aperient.
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- aperitifs — Plural form of aperitif.
- aperitive — aperient.
- aperitivo — aperitif (sense 2), esp. any of those produced in Italy
- apertness — the quality of being apert
- apertural — relating to aperture or an aperture
- apertured — having an aperture
- apertures — Plural form of aperture.
- apetalous — (of flowering plants) having no petals