9-letter words containing u, p, r, s
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
- spring up — If something springs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist.
- spruce up — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spruce-up — an act of cleaning up, refurbishing, renovating, or the like.
- spun yarn — yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.
- spur gall — a hairless and indurated area or gall on the side of a horse, caused by the irritation of a spur.
- spur gear — a gear having straight teeth cut on the rim parallel to the axis of rotation.
- spur-gall — to scrape, rub or injure (a horse) with the spur when riding
- square up — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- step turn — a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- string up — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strip out — to remove the working parts of (a machine)
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- strung up — tense, anxious
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- stuporous — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- sugar pea — snow pea.
- sugar pie — an open pie with a brown sugar filling
- sugarplum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- sulphured — treated or combined with sulphur
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- sulphuryl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group, =SO2
- sumptuary — pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure.
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- super pac — a type of PAC that has no limitations on the amount or source of donations, though it cannot contribute directly to a political campaign or party. See also PAC.
- super vga — Super Video Graphics Array
- super-ego — Your super-ego is the part of your mind which makes you aware of what is right and wrong, and which causes you to feel guilty when you have done something wrong.
- superable — capable of being overcome; surmountable.
- superably — capable of being overcome; surmountable.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbaby — an infant whose mental development and language acquisition are stimulated and presumably accelerated by certain teaching methods.
- superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
- superbike — a high-performance motorcycle
- superbity — pride
- superbold — (of writing, ornamentation, styling) very or exceptionally bold or striking
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- supercede — supersede.
- supercell — a highly organized thunderstorm that can last for several hours, capable of producing both updrafts and downdrafts exceeding 100 miles per hour, large hailstones, tornadoes, and flash flooding (often used attributively): a supercell in Kansas City; supercell storms.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.