9-letter words containing p, u, t, e
- purported — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- put ahead — to reset the hands of (a clock) to a later time
- put aside — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- puttyless — having no putty
- puttylike — resembling or characteristic of putty
- pyoureter — distention of a ureter with pus.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quintuple — fivefold; consisting of five parts.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- quivertip — A flexible tip to a fishing rod that bends when a fish takes the bait.
- rapturize — to go into ecstasies or raptures
- re-uptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- recapture — to capture again; recover by capture; retake.
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.
- repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- repugnant — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputedly — according to reputation or popular belief: a reputedly honest man.
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- rustle up — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- sauté pan — a pan used for sautéing food
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septuplet — any group or combination of seven.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- settle up — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- sextuplet — a group or combination of six things.
- sextuplex — sixfold; sextuple.
- sleep out — live-out.
- sleep-out — live-out.
- sleepsuit — a baby's sleeping garment
- soften up — make softer
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- speak out — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).