9-letter words containing p, u, t
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- housetops — Plural form of housetop.
- hunt's-up — (formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.
- hustle up — to prepare quickly
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- impetuous — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- impetuses — Plural form of impetus.
- impiteous — (obsolete) pitiless; cruel.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- in spurts — If something happens in spurts, there are periods of activity followed by periods in which it does not happen.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- inputting — something that is put in.
- 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.
- irruptive — of, relating to, or characterized by irruption.
- jump boot — a heavy leather boot originally designed for wear by paratroopers.
- jump seat — a movable or folding seat, as in a carriage, taxicab, or limousine, used as an extra seat.
- jump shot — a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
- jump suit — a one-piece suit worn by parachutists for jumping.
- 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.
- jumpstart — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
- jumpsuits — Plural form of jumpsuit.
- juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- leg stump — either of the outside stumps at which the batsman takes his position.
- let up on — If you let up on someone or something, you stop being so harsh or strict with them.
- lift pump — a pump in which a liquid is lifted rather than forced up from below.
- lippitude — the state of having bleary or sore eyes
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- locuplete — amply stocked
- mix it up — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mouthpart — Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods.
- multi-ply — having or composed of several plies: a multi-ply fabric.
- multicopy — any of several or many copies (of a book, document, record, etc)
- multilisp — (language) A parallel extension of Scheme with explicit concurrency. The form (future X) immediately returns a "future", and creates a task to evaluate X. When the evaluation is complete, the future is resolved to be the value.
- multipack — a packaged item containing two or more products sold as a unit.
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- multipara — a woman who has borne two or more children, or who is parturient for the second time.