9-letter words containing u, p, d, o
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- planuloid — relating to a planula
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- pompadour — Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles) 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- pot-bound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- poudrette — a fertilizer made from dried night soil mixed with other substances, as gypsum and charcoal.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pound key — a push button on a telephone or key on a computer keyboard that is marked with a pound sign (#).
- pound net — a trap for catching fish, consisting of a system of nets staked upright in the water and a rectangular enclosure or pound from which escape is impossible.
- pound out — to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- procedure — subroutine
- producers — a person who produces.
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- protruded — to project.
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pseudopod — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- puckerood — ruined; exhausted
- 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.
- pull cord — a cord attached to a blind, light switch, appliance, curtain etc which is pulled to operate it
- pull down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- pull-down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- puppy dog — puppy (def 1).
- purdonium — a type of coal scuttle having a slanted cover that is raised to open it, and an inner removable metal container for the coal
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purported — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- puzzledom — the domain of puzzles
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
- rolled-up — Rolled-up objects have been folded or wrapped into a cylindrical shape.
- round top — a platform round the masthead of a sailing ship
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds