9-letter words containing a, u, p
- aquaphobe — a person who is abnormally afraid of water
- aquaplane — a single board on which a person stands and is towed by a motorboat at high speed, as in water skiing
- aquaporin — any one of a group of proteins in cell membranes that allow the passage of water across the membrane
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- asparagus — Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assay cup — a small wine cup for tasting wine to be offered to another person.
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- at a push — with difficulty; only just
- atahualpa — ?1500–33, the last Inca emperor of Peru (1525–33), who was put to death by the Spanish under Pizarro
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autograph — An autograph is the signature of someone famous which is specially written for a fan to keep.
- autophagy — the consumption of one's own tissue by biting oneself
- autophoby — the reluctance to refer to oneself or be egotistical
- autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
- autophony — a diagnosis made by listening to vibration of one's own voice on the patient's chest
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autoplast — autograft.
- autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- autotroph — any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- auxotroph — a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism
- azo group — the bivalent group −N=N− united to two aromatic groups, as in azobenzene.
- baby bump — the rounded abdominal area of a pregnant woman: She's delighted to be pregnant, and loves showing off her baby bump.
- backer-up — a supporter; backer; second.
- balled up — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.