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.