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9-letter words containing d, u, o, p

  • draw upon — use as source or resource
  • drop-outs — 1. A variety of "power glitch" (see glitch); momentary zero voltage on the electrical mains. 2. Missing characters in typed input due to software malfunction or system overload (one cause of such behaviour under Unix when a bad connection to a modem swamps the processor with spurious character interrupts; see screaming tty). 3. Mental glitches; used as a way of describing those occasions when the mind just seems to shut down for a couple of beats. See glitch, fried.
  • duck pond — a pond for ducks
  • duck soup — something that is easy to do or accomplish: Fixing the car will be duck soup for anyone with the right tools.
  • dummkopfs — Plural form of dummkopf.
  • dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
  • duopolies — Plural form of duopoly.
  • duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
  • dupondius — a coin of ancient Rome, equal to two asses.
  • dustproof — impervious to or free of dust.
  • epilogued — followed by an epilogue
  • expounded — Simple past tense and past participle of expound.
  • expounder — A person who expounds, explains.
  • fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
  • fouled up — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
  • fouled-up — Informal. confused, chaotic, or disorganized.
  • gooped up — sticky with goop
  • gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
  • guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
  • guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
  • gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
  • gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • hopped up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
  • hopped-up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
  • hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
  • impounded — Simple past tense and past participle of impound.
  • impounder — One who impounds.
  • joined-up — In joined-up writing, you join all the letters in each word together, without taking your pen off the paper. This sort of writing is used by older children and adults.
  • lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
  • locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
  • mouse pad — mouse mat
  • mudhopper — an amphibious fish found on mud flats and in mangrove swamps
  • nauplioid — of or relating to the first stage in the development of a freshly hatched nauplius larva
  • nonplused — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
  • nonpulsed — Not pulsed.
  • onopordum — (botany) Any of the genus Onopordum of asteraceous thistles.
  • ophiuroid — any echinoderm of the subclass Ophiuroidea, including brittle stars, basket stars, and others, characterized by elongate arms radiating from the disk.
  • opium den — 19th-century place of drug taking
  • outplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outplay.
  • outpoured — Simple past tense and past participle of outpour.
  • outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
  • outputted — the act of turning out; production: the factory's output of cars; artistic output.
  • outspeeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeed.
  • outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
  • overproud — excessively proud.
  • palladous — of or containing bivalent palladium.
  • panderous — resembling a pander
  • paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
  • pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
  • pedagogue — a teacher; schoolteacher.
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