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9-letter words containing o, p, r, t, u

  • mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
  • mouthpart — Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods.
  • multiport — Computers. having more than one port.
  • neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
  • no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
  • of repute — A person or thing of repute or of high repute is respected and known to be good.
  • opportune — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
  • out-group — people outside one's own group, especially as considered to be inferior or alien; a group perceived as other than one's own.
  • outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
  • outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
  • outporter — an inhabitant or native of a Newfoundland outport
  • outpoured — Simple past tense and past participle of outpour.
  • outpourer — a person who pours something out
  • outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
  • outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
  • outpursue — to pursue farther than
  • outrooper — an auctioneer
  • outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
  • outspring — to spring out
  • outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
  • outstrips — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstrip.
  • overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
  • paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
  • parroquet — parakeet.
  • pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
  • pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
  • patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
  • perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
  • pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
  • pesterous — having a propensity to pester, annoy, or to be trying
  • peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
  • petroleum — oil used for fuel
  • petroleur — a male individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
  • 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
  • phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
  • pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
  • pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
  • pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
  • plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
  • politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
  • port dues — the charge for the use of a port
  • porthouse — a company that produces port
  • portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
  • posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
  • posturise — to posture; pose.
  • posturize — to posture; pose.
  • pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
  • potpourri — a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
  • poudrette — a fertilizer made from dried night soil mixed with other substances, as gypsum and charcoal.
  • poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
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