9-letter words containing o, e, n, u
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- pound key — a push button on a telephone or key on a computer keyboard that is marked with a pound sign (#).
- pound net — a trap for catching fish, consisting of a system of nets staked upright in the water and a rectangular enclosure or pound from which escape is impossible.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- 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).
- pudendous — shameful
- pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- queenhood — the state, dignity, or rank of a queen.
- querimony — a complaint
- questions — Plural form of question.
- quinoline — a colorless, liquid, water-immiscible, nitrogenous base, C 9 H 7 N, having a disagreeable odor, occurring in coal tar, and usually prepared by oxidizing a mixture of glycerol and aniline: used as a solvent and reagent and to make dyes.
- quinolone — Any of a class of antibiotics used in treating a variety of mainly Gram-negative infections, and thought to be responsible for antibiotic resistance in some microbes.
- quotients — Plural form of quotient.
- raconteur — a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rebounder — a player who excels in gaining hold of rebounds.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reconduct — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconquer — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recontour — the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- recounted — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recounter — someone who recounts or narrates a story
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- red count — a count of the red cells in a person's blood.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- refounder — a person who refounds
- reguerdon — a reward
- renounced — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- requoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- rerouting — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- resounded — to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- rope burn — a burn on the skin caused by friction from a rope