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

  • hapsburgs — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
  • hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
  • harrumphs — Plural form of harrumph.
  • haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
  • havasupai — a member of a small tribe of nomadic North American Indians now living in Arizona.
  • 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.
  • ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
  • ispaghula — dietary fibre derived from the seed husks of Plantago orata and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry
  • issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
  • jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
  • jump pass — a pass in which a player leaps into the air and throws the ball to a teammate before returning to the ground.
  • jump seat — a movable or folding seat, as in a carriage, taxicab, or limousine, used as an extra seat.
  • jumpstart — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
  • juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
  • krupskaya — Nadezhda Konstantinovna [nuh-dye-zhduh kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh v-nuh] /nʌˈdyɛ ʒdə kən stʌnˈtyi nəv nə/ (Show IPA), 1869–1939, Russian social worker and wife of V.I. Lenin.
  • lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
  • lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
  • lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
  • larkspurs — Plural form of larkspur.
  • marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
  • marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
  • marsupium — the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
  • menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
  • mesopause — the boundary or transition zone between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. Compare mesosphere (def 1).
  • mouse pad — mouse mat
  • mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
  • muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
  • mud-flaps — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
  • noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
  • nonparous — having borne no children.
  • nukespeak — Informal. euphemistic language and obscuring jargon used in discussions of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, etc.: nukespeak that minimizes the risks of nuclear war.
  • nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
  • occupants — Plural form of occupant.
  • on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
  • opelousas — a city in S Louisiana.
  • outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
  • outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
  • outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
  • oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
  • pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
  • palladous — of or containing bivalent palladium.
  • palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
  • panderous — resembling a pander
  • pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
  • pansexual — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
  • pant suit — women's shirt and trousers
  • paracusia — defective hearing.
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