9-letter words containing u, n, p
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- impundulu — a mythical bird associated with witchcraft, frequently manifested as the secretary bird
- in public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- in spurts — If something happens in spurts, there are periods of activity followed by periods in which it does not happen.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- inpouring — The action of pouring something in; an infusion.
- inputting — something that is put in.
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
- ip number — internet address
- irrupting — Present participle of irrupt.
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- jean paul — Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- 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.
- jump line — a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper story is continued.
- jump turn — a turn in which a skier plants one or both poles in the snow in advance of the forward ski, bends close to the ground, and pivots in the air around the pole or poles.
- jumpiness — The state of being jumpy.
- junk heap — an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
- junk shop — a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- key punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- 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.
- let up on — If you let up on someone or something, you stop being so harsh or strict with them.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- long jump — athletics: competition to jump the furthest
- long-jump — Track and Field. to execute a long jump.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- look upon — regard, consider: as
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lumpiness — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- lumpingly — clumsily and heavily
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- making-up — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- manage up — to build a successful working relationship with a superior, manager, or employer
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
- mine dump — a large mound of residue, esp from gold-mining operations
- monkey up — To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution. Compare hack up, kluge up.
- monopulse — a radar transmitting a single pulse only
- multipion — involving several or many pions
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha