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9-letter words containing u, d, p

  • galumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of galumph.
  • gooped up — sticky with goop
  • gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
  • guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
  • 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).
  • gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
  • gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • hacked up — (jargon, programming)   Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.
  • hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
  • harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
  • harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
  • hiccupped — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
  • hopped up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
  • hopped-up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
  • hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
  • impounded — Simple past tense and past participle of impound.
  • impounder — One who impounds.
  • imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
  • impudence — the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
  • impudency — (now rare) Impudence.
  • impundulu — a mythical bird associated with witchcraft, frequently manifested as the secretary bird
  • impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
  • jazzed up — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
  • jazzed-up — made more exciting and more modern
  • joined-up — In joined-up writing, you join all the letters in each word together, without taking your pen off the paper. This sort of writing is used by older children and adults.
  • judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
  • juiced up — intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
  • jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
  • jump head — the headline printed over the continued portion of a story in a newspaper, magazine, etc., usually condensed from the main headline.
  • jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
  • jumped-up — having recently gained prominence or fame and appearing arrogant.
  • kuchipudi — a form of S Indian classical dancing
  • lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
  • lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
  • launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • lippitude — the state of having bleary or sore eyes
  • locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
  • lucky dip — game: picking out random prize
  • marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • messed up — beaten up; looking disarrayed.
  • mine dump — a large mound of residue, esp from gold-mining operations
  • mouse pad — mouse mat
  • mud puppy — any of several often large, aquatic salamanders of the genus Necturus, of eastern North America, having bushy, red gills and well-developed limbs.
  • mud-flaps — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • mudhopper — an amphibious fish found on mud flats and in mangrove swamps
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