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9-letter words containing t, i, u, p

  • potpourri — a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
  • poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
  • pour into — If you pour money or supplies into an activity or organization, or if it pours in, a lot of money or supplies are given in order to do the activity or help the organization.
  • pourpoint — a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men from the 14th to 17th centuries.
  • practicum — (in a college or university) the part of a course consisting of practical work in a particular field.
  • pre-audit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
  • preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
  • presummit — of the period prior to a summit
  • 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.
  • price cut — discount, lowering of costs
  • price-cut — to reduce the price of, especially to gain a competitive advantage.
  • prick out — to transplant (seedlings) as from seed pans to shallow boxes
  • print out — the state of being printed.
  • print run — edition of book or newspaper
  • print-out — the state of being printed.
  • proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
  • proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
  • prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
  • pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
  • publicist — a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
  • publicity — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
  • puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
  • pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • pull into — When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there.
  • pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
  • pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
  • pulsating — throbbing
  • pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
  • pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
  • pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
  • punctatim — point for point.
  • punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
  • pupillate — having a spot of a different colour in the middle
  • purgation — the act of purging.
  • purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • put aside — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • put it on — to make a pretentious show; pretend or exaggerate
  • put it to — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • put right — rectify
  • put to it — to place in a difficult situation; press hard
  • putridity — in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
  • putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
  • putschist — a participant in a putsch.
  • puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
  • puttylike — resembling or characteristic of putty
  • quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
  • quintuple — fivefold; consisting of five parts.
  • quintuply — in a quintuple manner; involving five times as much
  • quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
  • quivertip — A flexible tip to a fishing rod that bends when a fish takes the bait.
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