9-letter words containing s, u, p
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- followups — the act of following up.
- four-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing four pips; a domino, one half of which bears four pips.
- fps units — an Imperial system of units based on the foot, pound, and second as the units of length, mass, and time. For scientific and most technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- full stop — period (defs 10, 11).
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- guideship — the position of a guide
- guildship — guild (defs 1, 2).
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hapsburgs — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- harrumphs — Plural form of harrumph.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- havasupai — a member of a small tribe of nomadic North American Indians now living in Arizona.
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- hospitium — a hospice.
- housekeep — to keep or maintain a house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- housetops — Plural form of housetop.
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hunt's-up — (formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.
- hushpuppy — a snack of deep-fried cornmeal bread
- hustle up — to prepare quickly
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hypogeous — underground; subterranean.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- i suppose — You can say 'I suppose' when you want to express slight uncertainty.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impetuous — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- impetuses — Plural form of impetus.
- impiously — not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
- impiteous — (obsolete) pitiless; cruel.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- impulsing — Present participle of impulse.
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- in spurts — If something happens in spurts, there are periods of activity followed by periods in which it does not happen.