9-letter words containing s, u, p
- mutoscope — A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- 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)
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nonplused — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonpluses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nonplus.
- nonporous — full of pores.
- nonpulsed — Not pulsed.
- nonuplets — Plural form of nonuplet.
- nukespeak — Informal. euphemistic language and obscuring jargon used in discussions of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, etc.: nukespeak that minimizes the risks of nuclear war.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- octopuses — Plural form of octopus.
- octuplets — Plural form of octuplet.
- off stump — the outside stump opposite the one at which the batsman stands.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- opelousas — a city in S Louisiana.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- opuscules — Plural form of opuscule.
- opusculum — opuscule.
- 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.
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outpursue — to pursue farther than
- outsleeps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsleep.
- outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
- outspeeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeed.
- outspoken — uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- 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.
- palladous — of or containing bivalent palladium.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- 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
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- 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.
- parnassus — Mount. Modern name Liakoura. a mountain in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth and near Delphi. About 8000 feet (2440 meters).