9-Letter Words Containing: P,Y,O,N

• any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium

• any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active

• a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme

• a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

• highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers

• sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding

• a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)

• an archaic term for a parrot