9-letter words containing p, u, n, i
- joined-up — In joined-up writing, you join all the letters in each word together, without taking your pen off the paper. This sort of writing is used by older children and adults.
- jump line — a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper story is continued.
- jumpiness — The state of being jumpy.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lumpiness — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- lumpingly — clumsily and heavily
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- making-up — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- mine dump — a large mound of residue, esp from gold-mining operations
- multipion — involving several or many pions
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- naupathia — (medicine) seasickness.
- nauplioid — of or relating to the first stage in the development of a freshly hatched nauplius larva
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neptunian — pertaining to Neptune or the sea.
- neptunite — A black silicate mineral with chemical formula KNa2Li(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti2Si8O24.
- neptunium — a transuranic element produced in nuclear reactors by the neutron bombardment of U-238: decays rapidly to plutonium and then to U-235. Symbol: Np; atomic number: 93.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- nonpublic — Not open or available to the public.
- nullipara — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- occupying — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- octupling — Present participle of octuple.
- opium den — 19th-century place of drug taking
- oppugning — Present participle of oppugn.
- outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
- outspring — to spring out
- outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- paint gun — an air gun that fires paint capsules, as used in paintballing
- paint out — to cover up with or as with a coat of paint
- palanquin — (formerly in India and other Eastern countries) a passenger conveyance, usually for one person, consisting of a covered or boxlike litter carried by means of poles resting on the shoulders of several men.
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- pan juice — Often, pan juices. the natural juices exuded by meat, poultry, etc., while baking or roasting: used especially in basting.
- pant suit — women's shirt and trousers
- paricutin — a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 feet (2500 meters).
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- paulownia — a Japanese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having showy clusters of pale-violet or blue flowers blossoming in early spring.
- pausanias — flourished a.d. c175, Greek traveler, geographer, and author.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- penduline — (of a bird's nest) hanging; resembling a pendant