9-letter words containing u, a, p
- 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.
- beam pump — A beam pump is an artificial-lift pumping system which uses a type of reciprocating pump to extract oil from an inland well.
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- bhagalpur — a city in India, in Bihar: agriculture, textiles, university (1960). Pop: 340 349 (2001)
- bhaktapur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- bump ball — a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cajuputol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- cap cloud — a stationary cloud directly above an isolated mountain peak. Compare banner cloud, crest cloud.
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- 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.
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- 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
- change up — When you change up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- change-up — a temporary shift or variation in a normal routine or regular pattern of activity: Reading a mystery novel has been a real change of pace for me.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- charge up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- cheap out — to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- computant — a person who calculates
- copulated — Simple past tense and past participle of copulate.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- crease up — If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cup coral — any of several species of coral in which the polyp forms and houses itself in a cup-shaped depression in the skeleton.