9-letter words containing u, n, p
- euphenics — the study of biological improvement
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphonium — A valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.
- euphonize — (transitive) To make euphonic.
- euphonous — Alternative form of euphonious.
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- expounded — Simple past tense and past participle of expound.
- expounder — A person who expounds, explains.
- expulsing — Present participle of expulse.
- expulsion — The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
- expunging — Present participle of expunge.
- fatten up — To fatten up an animal or person means to make them fatter, by forcing or encouraging them to eat more food.
- finish up — complete
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- fourpenny — Carpentry. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) long. Symbol: 4d.
- 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 For scientific and most technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- gangpunch — to duplicate (a punch card's data) onto subsequent cards.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- 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.
- guineapig — Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
- gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
- gum plant — gumweed.
- gum print — a print made by the gum bichromate process.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- 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
- hauptmann — Gerhart [ger-hahrt] /ˈgɛr hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1946, German dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1912.
- help menu — the place on a computer where you can get help and advice
- hiccuping — 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.
- hinkypunk — (West Country) a will o' the wisp.
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- hunt's-up — (formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.
- huon pine — a coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- 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.
- impugning — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- impulsing — Present participle of impulse.