9-letter words containing r, e, p, u
- hyperpure — extremely pure or completely uncontaminated
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- ip number — internet address
- ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
- irruptive — of, relating to, or characterized by irruption.
- issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
- jump rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
- jump wire — jumper1 (def 6).
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mopper-up — a person or thing that mops up.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mudhopper — an amphibious fish found on mud flats and in mangrove swamps
- 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)
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- of repute — A person or thing of repute or of high repute is respected and known to be good.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- opportune — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outporter — an inhabitant or native of a Newfoundland outport
- outpoured — Simple past tense and past participle of outpour.
- outpourer — a person who pours something out
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- outpursue — to pursue farther than
- outrooper — an auctioneer
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- overequip — to equip, furnish with, or supply excessively
- overproud — excessively proud.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944