9-letter words containing s, u, n
- ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
- outbounds — boundaries
- outdesign — to exceed in designing
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- outerness — The quality of being outer.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- outgoings — going out; departing: outgoing trains.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outreason — (transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine.
- 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.
- outstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstand.
- outstrain — to strain or stretch too much
- outswings — Plural form of outswing.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- pansexual — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- pant suit — women's shirt and trousers
- parnassus — Mount. Modern name Liakoura. a mountain in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth and near Delphi. About 8000 feet (2440 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.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pausanias — flourished a.d. c175, Greek traveler, geographer, and author.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penpusher — pencil pusher.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- 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
- 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
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- piousness — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumpness — well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
- plus sign — the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.