9-letter words containing a, u, p
- epineural — (anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- epineuria — sheaths of connective tissue around bundles of nerve fibres
- epulation — the act of feasting
- epuration — purification
- equal pay — the right of a man or woman to receive the same pay as a person of the opposite sex doing the same or similar work for the same or a similar employer
- equipages — Plural form of equipage.
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- espousals — Plural form of espousal.
- 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
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- eutrapely — conversational skill
- exculpate — Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
- expurgate — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
- fatten up — To fatten up an animal or person means to make them fatter, by forcing or encouraging them to eat more food.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- four-part — arranged for four voices or instruments
- full-page — A full-page advertisement, picture, or article in a newspaper or magazine uses a whole page.
- galumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of galumph.
- galumpher — a person or animal that leaps or moves heavily or clumsily
- gangpunch — to duplicate (a punch card's data) onto subsequent cards.
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- gather up — collect
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- gear pump — lobular pump.
- gorakhpur — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- grace cup — a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- guineapig — Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
- gum plant — gumweed.
- 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.
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- 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.
- harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
- harrumphs — Plural form of harrumph.
- harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.