9-letter words containing e, n, s, p, u
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- piousness — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumpness — well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- press run — the number of copies (of a book, newspaper, etc) printed during a continuous printing session
- presuming — presumptuous.
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- pudendous — shameful
- pugginess — stumpiness
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- punchless — having no punch
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- pushiness — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- resuspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- sauté pan — a pan used for sautéing food
- sheep-run — a large property for raising sheep
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- soften up — make softer
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.
- spelunked — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spelunker — a person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spleenful — full of or displaying spleen.
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- spongeous — relating to or resembling a sponge
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- step turn — a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- sunn-hemp — a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.