9-letter words containing p, u, t, n
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- irrupting — Present participle of irrupt.
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- jump turn — a turn in which a skier plants one or both poles in the snow in advance of the forward ski, bends close to the ground, and pivots in the air around the pole or poles.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- let up on — If you let up on someone or something, you stop being so harsh or strict with them.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- multipion — involving several or many pions
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- naupathia — (medicine) seasickness.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neptunian — pertaining to Neptune or the sea.
- neptunite — A black silicate mineral with chemical formula KNa2Li(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti2Si8O24.
- neptunium — a transuranic element produced in nuclear reactors by the neutron bombardment of U-238: decays rapidly to plutonium and then to U-235. Symbol: Np; atomic number: 93.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
- nonuplets — Plural form of nonuplet.
- not up to — not fit enough for
- nuncupate — to state or asseverate in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- octupling — Present participle of octuple.
- opportune — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- oppugnant — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- opulently — In an opulent manner.
- outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
- outspoken — uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
- outspring — to spring out
- outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- paint gun — an air gun that fires paint capsules, as used in paintballing
- paint out — to cover up with or as with a coat of paint
- pandurate — shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- pant suit — women's shirt and trousers
- paramount — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paricutin — a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 feet (2500 meters).
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- pentium 2 — Pentium II
- pentium 3 — Pentium III
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- petaurine — relating to a petaurist
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- picturing — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- piñon nut — the small edible nut of a piñon tree; pine nut