9-letter words containing u, p, o
- exposures — Plural form of exposure.
- expounded — Simple past tense and past participle of expound.
- expounder — A person who expounds, explains.
- expulsion — The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- follow up — the act of following.
- follow-up — the act of following up.
- followups — the act of following up.
- force cup — plunger (def 3).
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- foul pole — either of two poles, one on each foul line, being the vertical continuation of the outfield fence or wall, used by the umpire as a sight line in determining whether a fly ball hit near the foul line is a fair or foul ball.
- fouled up — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- fouled-up — Informal. confused, chaotic, or disorganized.
- four-part — arranged for four voices or instruments
- four-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing four pips; a domino, one half of which bears four pips.
- 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.
- full stop — period (defs 10, 11).
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- get up to — do: sth mischievous
- glow plug — a device for each cylinder of a diesel engine with a heating element to heat the incoming fuel and air so that combustion will take place more readily when the engine is cold.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- gooped up — sticky with goop
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- gorakhpur — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
- gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
- group sex — sexual activity involving three or more people
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- groupmate — A member of the same group.
- groupware — software that allows users on a network to work together and communicate effectively: Our company uses groupware to share files, databases, calendars, and email.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- groupwork — (education, therapy) Work done in groups.
- gruppetto — a turn
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- 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.
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- hopped up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
- hopped-up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.