9-letter words containing s, u, p
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- bell push — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- blue lips — a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.
- buck slip — Informal. a paper attached to and showing the destination and source of an interoffice memorandum, file, or the like.
- bud sport — a shoot, inflorescence, etc, that differs from another such structure on a plant and is caused by a somatic mutation; the differences can be retained by vegetative propagation
- bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- busy-loop — tight loop
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- capsicums — Plural form of capsicum.
- capsulary — Archaic form of capsular.
- capsulate — within or formed into a capsule
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- catapults — Plural form of catapult.
- catch-ups — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- cepaceous — having an onion-like smell or taste
- cephalous — having a head
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- chipmunks — Plural form of chipmunk.
- choose up — to decide on the opposing players, as for an impromptu ballgame
- chop suey — Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.
- chophouse — a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- cockspurs — Plural form of cockspur.
- complexus — a complicated whole made up of interconnected or related parts
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- compounds — Plural form of compound.
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- computist — a person who computes
- conceptus — any of various products of conception, including the embryo, fetus, and surrounding tissue
- copiously — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
- cost-plus — A cost-plus basis for a contract about work to be done is one in which the buyer agrees to pay the seller or contractor all the cost plus a profit.
- cost-push — of or relating to cost-push inflation: a proponent of the cost-push theory.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- coupstick — (historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.