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9-letter words containing a, c, p, u

  • mea culpa — an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
  • muck heap — a pile of dung, soil or refuse
  • muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
  • multipack — a packaged item containing two or more products sold as a unit.
  • municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
  • noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
  • nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
  • nuncupate — to state or asseverate in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
  • occupance — Occupancy.
  • occupancy — the act, state, or condition of being or becoming a tenant or of living in or taking up quarters or space in or on something: Continued occupancy of the office depends on a rent reduction.
  • occupants — Plural form of occupant.
  • on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
  • opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
  • outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
  • outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
  • pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
  • paedeutic — of or relating to the study of teaching
  • pan juice — Often, pan juices. the natural juices exuded by meat, poultry, etc., while baking or roasting: used especially in basting.
  • paper cup — a disposable drinking cup made of paper
  • paper cut — tiny nick caused by sharp paper
  • parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
  • paracusia — defective hearing.
  • paracusis — defective hearing.
  • parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
  • parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
  • pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
  • parecious — paroicous.
  • paricutin — a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 feet (2500 meters).
  • paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
  • patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
  • pawtucket — a city in NE Rhode Island.
  • paycheque — a payment for work done
  • pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
  • pedicular — of or relating to lice.
  • petulance — moodiness, irritability
  • pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
  • plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
  • plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
  • pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
  • pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
  • portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
  • poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
  • practicum — (in a college or university) the part of a course consisting of practical work in a particular field.
  • preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
  • precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
  • prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
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