9-letter words containing p, u, t, r, e
- purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- purported — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- step turn — a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbity — pride
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- supercute — very cute
- superette — a grocery store with some of the self-service features of a supermarket.
- superfast — very or extremely fast
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- supermart — a large self-service store selling food and household supplies
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- superport — a deepwater port, often one built offshore, capable of accommodating very large ships, especially supertankers of 100,000 tons or more.
- supersalt — a salt with an excess of acid over base
- supersoft — exceptionally soft
- superstar — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- superstud — a highly virile man