9-letter words containing s, u, p, i
- mumpsimus — adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy (opposed to sumpsimus).
- 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)
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outspring — to spring out
- outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- outstrips — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstrip.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- pant suit — women's shirt and trousers
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- 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.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pausanias — flourished a.d. c175, Greek traveler, geographer, and author.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pediculus — a louse
- pemphigus — any of several diseases, often fatal, characterized by blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- peripatus — any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- perradius — any of the main rays of a member of the Radiata group
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pertussis — whooping cough.
- 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
- philippus — a gold coin of ancient Greece, originally issued by Philip II of Macedon.
- physiqued — having a particular physique
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- pilsudski — Józef [yoo-zef] /ˈyu zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1867–1935, Polish marshal and statesman: president 1918–22; premier 1926–28, 1930.
- 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.
- pipsqueak — a contemptibly small or unimportant person; a twerp.
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- pituitous — mucous.
- pius viii — (Francesco Saverio Castiglioni) 1761–1830, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1829–30.
- piłsudski — Józef (ˈjuzɛf). 1867–1935, Polish nationalist leader and statesman; president (1918–21) and premier (1926–28; 1930)