9-letter words containing p, u, r, d
- empurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of empurple.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- 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
- expounder — A person who expounds, explains.
- gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
- 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.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
- harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- impounder — One who impounds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mudhopper — an amphibious fish found on mud flats and in mangrove swamps
- onopordum — (botany) Any of the genus Onopordum of asteraceous thistles.
- ophiuroid — any echinoderm of the subclass Ophiuroidea, including brittle stars, basket stars, and others, characterized by elongate arms radiating from the disk.
- outpoured — Simple past tense and past participle of outpour.
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- overproud — excessively proud.
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pandurate — shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
- paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
- 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
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- 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.
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- pompadour — Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles) 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- 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.
- 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.