9-letter words containing p, u, n, i
- epineural — (anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- epineuria — sheaths of connective tissue around bundles of nerve fibres
- epulation — the act of feasting
- epuration — purification
- equipment — The necessary items for a particular purpose.
- equipping — Present participle of equip.
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- espousing — Present participle of espouse.
- euphenics — the study of biological improvement
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphonium — A valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.
- euphonize — (transitive) To make euphonic.
- expulsing — Present participle of expulse.
- expulsion — The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
- expunging — Present participle of expunge.
- finish up — complete
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- fps units — an Imperial system of units based on the foot, pound, and second as the units of length, mass, and time. For scientific and most technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guineapig — Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
- gum print — a print made by the gum bichromate process.
- hiccuping — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hinkypunk — (West Country) a will o' the wisp.
- huon pine — a coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- impounded — Simple past tense and past participle of impound.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impudence — the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
- impudency — (now rare) Impudence.
- impugning — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- impulsing — Present participle of impulse.
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- impundulu — a mythical bird associated with witchcraft, frequently manifested as the secretary bird
- in public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- in spurts — If something happens in spurts, there are periods of activity followed by periods in which it does not happen.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- inpouring — The action of pouring something in; an infusion.
- inputting — something that is put in.
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
- ip number — internet address
- irrupting — Present participle of irrupt.
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.