9-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- euphrasia — eyebright
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- 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
- eurocorps — a multinational army corps based in Strasbourg and participated in by mainly EU countries
- eurocreep — the gradual introduction of the euro into use in Britain
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- europhile — One who loves Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- europoort — a port in the Netherlands near Rotterdam: developed in the 1960s; handles chiefly oil
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrapely — conversational skill
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- eutropous — (of an insect or plant) adapted for pollination
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- exposures — Plural form of exposure.
- expounder — A person who expounds, explains.
- expurgate — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
- figure up — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- fire pump — A fire pump is a piece of equipment that provides the pressure for a water supply system used if there is a fire on a drilling rig.
- fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
- force cup — plunger (def 3).
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- fourpenny — Carpentry. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) long. Symbol: 4d.
- freeze up — computer: stop functioning
- freeze-up — the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- galumpher — a person or animal that leaps or moves heavily or clumsily
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gather up — collect
- gear pump — lobular pump.
- 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.
- gjellerup — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1857–1919, Danish novelist: Nobel Prize 1917.
- grace cup — a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- gruppetto — a turn
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
- harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
- higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.
- hiphugger — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hippurite — an extinct type of bivalve mollusc (family Hippuritidae) found as fossils from the late Cretaceous period
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hypercube — A geometric figure in four or more dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.