9-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- cupflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nierembergia, of the nightshade family, having showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cupressus — any tree of the genus Cupressus
- curlpaper — a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl
- curseperl — A curses library for Perl by the author of Perl, Larry Wall <[email protected]>. It comes with Perl.
- cut-price — Cut-price goods or services are cheaper than usual.
- cutpurses — Plural form of cutpurse.
- cyberpunk — Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- dépanneur — (in Quebec) a convenience store
- depardieu — Gérard. born 1948, French film actor, granted Russian citizenship in 2013. His films include Jean de Florette (1986), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Green Card (1991), The Man in the Iron Mask (1997), and Tais-toi (2003)
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- dipperful — (US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
- dipterous — Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- dispauper — to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
- disposure — disposal; disposition.
- dispursed — Simple past tense and past participle of dispurse.
- dispurvey — to strip of equipment or provisions
- disputers — Plural form of disputer.
- disrepute — bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into): Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.
- disrupted — Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.
- disrupter — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- douzepers — the 12 great peers of the realm, seen as the symbolic heirs of Charlemagne's 12 chosen peers
- dredge up — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- drupelets — Plural form of drupelet.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- empurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of empurple.
- empurples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empurple.
- empyreuma — the smell and taste associated with burning vegetable and animal matter
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- enrapture — Give intense pleasure or joy to.
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epicurize — to act as an epicure
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epineural — (anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- epineuria — sheaths of connective tissue around bundles of nerve fibres
- epuration — purification
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.