9-letter words containing u, n, p
- poyang hu — lake in N Jiangxi province, SE China: c. 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km)
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- prereturn — of the period before return
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- press run — the number of copies (of a book, newspaper, etc) printed during a continuous printing session
- presuming — presumptuous.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- print out — the state of being printed.
- print run — edition of book or newspaper
- print-out — the state of being printed.
- prisonous — resembling a prison
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- procuring — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuncio — a papal ambassador in a country that does not grant the Pope's ambassador precedence over other ambassadors
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pub lunch — a lunch in a pub
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- puddening — the rope fender on a boat
- pudendous — shameful
- pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- puftaloon — a fried scone
- pugginess — stumpiness
- pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pull down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- pull into — When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there.
- pull rank — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- pull-down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- pull-ring — a small piece of metal with a ring attached which is pulled to open cans of food, drink, etc
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity