9-letter words containing u, p, o, n
- puftaloon — a fried scone
- 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-down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pump iron — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- punk rock — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- 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
- pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
- purgation — the act of purging.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- put it on — to make a pretentious show; pretend or exaggerate
- put on to — put in touch with
- put up on — imposed upon; ill-used.
- putonghua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
- puzzolana — pozzolana.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- rope burn — a burn on the skin caused by friction from a rope
- round top — a platform round the masthead of a sailing ship
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- soften up — make softer
- soundpost — a small post, usually of pine, on guitars, violins, etc, that joins the front surface to the back, helps to support the bridge, and allows the whole body of the instrument to vibrate
- soupspoon — a large spoon, commonly having a rounded bowl, with which to eat soup.
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- spongeous — relating to or resembling a sponge
- spongious — spongy or relating to a sponge
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- summon up — call to action
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- superlong — extremely long
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.