9-letter words containing p, u, d, s
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euripides — ?480–406 bc, Greek tragic dramatist. His plays, 18 of which are extant, include Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Iphigeneia in Aulis, and Bacchae
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- 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.
- guideship — the position of a guide
- guildship — guild (defs 1, 2).
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- messed up — beaten up; looking disarrayed.
- mouse pad — mouse mat
- mud-flaps — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- nonplused — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonpulsed — Not pulsed.
- outspeeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeed.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- palladous — of or containing bivalent palladium.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pediculus — a louse
- 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.
- physiqued — having a particular physique
- pilsudski — Józef [yoo-zef] /ˈyu zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1867–1935, Polish marshal and statesman: president 1918–22; premier 1926–28, 1930.
- piłsudski — Józef (ˈjuzɛf). 1867–1935, Polish nationalist leader and statesman; president (1918–21) and premier (1926–28; 1930)
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plumdamas — a damson plum or prune
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- 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.
- producers — a person who produces.
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- pseudaxis — sympodium.
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pseudopod — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.