9-letter words containing p, u, d, e
- pandurate — shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- pate dure — hard paste.
- pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
- pedagogue — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pediculus — a louse
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- penduline — (of a bird's nest) hanging; resembling a pendant
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- perradius — any of the main rays of a member of the Radiata group
- persuaded — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- persuader — a person or thing that persuades: The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim.
- perturbed — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- physiqued — having a particular physique
- plateaued — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- plummeted — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- poudrette — a fertilizer made from dried night soil mixed with other substances, as gypsum and charcoal.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- 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.
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- praeludia — musical preludes
- pre-audit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prededuct — preceding deduction, done or carried out prior to a deduction being made
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- pressured — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- prie-dieu — a piece of furniture for kneeling on during prayer, having a rest above, as for a book.
- procedure — subroutine
- producers — a person who produces.
- protruded — to project.
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.