9-letter words containing s, u, p, o, e
- outspoken — uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- panderous — resembling a pander
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- parecious — paroicous.
- peasouper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- percussor — plexor.
- 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
- pesterous — having a propensity to pester, annoy, or to be trying
- pesthouse — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- 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
- phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- 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.
- playhouse — a theater.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumulose — shaped like a downy feather or plumule.
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- posthouse — house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- poussette — a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusory — introductory.
- prescious — prescient
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- procuress — a woman who procures prostitutes.
- producers — a person who produces.
- proestrus — the period immediately preceding estrus.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.