9-letter words containing u, p, s
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- poussette — a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.
- poutassou — a gadoid fish, Micromesistius poutassou, also known as the blue whiting
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- preassure — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- precieuse — one of the 17th-century literary women of France who affected an extreme care in the use of language.
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prelusory — introductory.
- prescious — prescient
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- presecure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- press run — the number of copies (of a book, newspaper, etc) printed during a continuous printing session
- pressburg — German name of Bratislava.
- pressured — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- presurvey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- pretarsus — the terminal outgrowth of the tarsus of an arthropod.
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- prickspur — a spur having a single sharp goad or point.
- prisonous — resembling a prison
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- procopius — a.d. c490–c562, Greek historian.
- procuress — a woman who procures prostitutes.
- producers — a person who produces.
- proestrus — the period immediately preceding estrus.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- prolapsus — prolapse.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- prolusory — serving for prolusion.
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- propulsor — something that provides propulsion; a propeller