9-letter words containing u, p, r
- 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.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- gruppetto — a turn
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- gum print — a print made by the gum bichromate process.
- 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.
- hapsburgs — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
- harrumphs — Plural form of harrumph.
- harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.
- hiphugger — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hippurite — an extinct type of bivalve mollusc (family Hippuritidae) found as fossils from the late Cretaceous period
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hypercube — A geometric figure in four or more dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hyperpure — extremely pure or completely uncontaminated
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- in spurts — If something happens in spurts, there are periods of activity followed by periods in which it does not happen.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- inpouring — The action of pouring something in; an infusion.
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- ip number — internet address
- ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
- irrupting — Present participle of irrupt.
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- irruptive — of, relating to, or characterized by irruption.
- issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.