9-letter words containing a, c, p, u
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- procuracy — the office of a proctor or procurator.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- pub crawl — visit to a series of bars
- pub-crawl — to have drinks at one bar after another.
- pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pull back — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
- punctatim — point for point.
- punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- push back — force to retreat
- push-card — punchboard.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- quadricep — Quadriceps.
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- recapture — to capture again; recover by capture; retake.
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- scapulary — scapular1 .
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scrape up — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- skull cap — A skull cap is a small close-fitting cap.
- skull-cap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- spartacus — died 71 b.c, Thracian slave, gladiator, and insurrectionist.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- subapical — located below the apex.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- super pac — a type of PAC that has no limitations on the amount or source of donations, though it cannot contribute directly to a political campaign or party. See also PAC.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- superrace — a race, class, or people considered superior to others.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- supremacy — the state of being supreme.
- teacupful — as much as a teacup will hold, equal to 4 fluid ounces (113 grams).
- uncapable — incapable.
- unclamped — to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
- unescaped — to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty: to escape from jail. Synonyms: flee, abscond, decamp.
- unpacking — removal of items from suitcase, etc.