9-letter words containing a, c, p, u
- cheap out — to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- computant — a person who calculates
- copulated — Simple past tense and past participle of copulate.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- crease up — If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cup coral — any of several species of coral in which the polyp forms and houses itself in a cup-shaped depression in the skeleton.
- cup final — the final of any cup competition
- cup plant — a hardy composite plant, Silphium perfoliatum, of eastern North America, having large yellow flower heads and opposite leaves that envelop the stem, forming a cup.
- cup shake — wind shake.
- cupbearer — an attendant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal household
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- curlpaper — a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- davis cup — an annual international lawn tennis championship for men's teams
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- docu-soap — a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama
- docusoaps — Plural form of docusoap.
- duct tape — a strongly adhesive silver-gray cloth tape, used in plumbing, household repairs, etc.
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- duplicand — the twofold increase of feu-duty for the period of a year, or the feu-duty paid, as occasioned at specific times
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- dutch cap — a woman's lace cap with triangular flaps, characteristic of Dutch national dress
- dutch lap — a method of laying shingles, slates, or the like, in which each shingle or slate overlaps those below and to one side and is itself overlapped by those above and to the other side.
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- exculpate — Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
- gangpunch — to duplicate (a punch card's data) onto subsequent cards.
- grace cup — a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
- hacked up — (jargon, programming) Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- kampuchea — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.