9-letter words containing p, u, s, i, l
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- spun silk — yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- supplying — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- surprisal — the act of surprising.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
- unispiral — having one spiral.
- unpalsied — not affected by paralysis
- unpulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- unspoiled — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- up-itself — pretentious or pompous
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- upscaling — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
- vulpinism — the characteristics of a fox
- walpurgis — Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.