9-letter words containing u, p, s
- push poll — a seemingly unbiased telephone survey that is actually conducted by supporters of a particular candidate and disseminates negative information about an opponent.
- push shot — Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point relatively distant from the basket, in which a player shoots the ball from shoulder level or above.
- push-bike — a standard bicycle, operated by pedals rather than a motor.
- push-card — punchboard.
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- push-pull — Radio. a two-tube symmetrical arrangement in which the grid excitation voltages are opposite in phase.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- pushfully — in a pushful manner
- pushiness — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- puss moth — a large pale prominent moth, Cerura vinula, whose larvae feed on willow and poplar, and are bright green with a masklike red head and claspers modified as "tails" that are protruded and raised in a state of alarm: family Notodontidae
- pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- pustulant — causing the formation of pustules.
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- pustulous — pustular.
- put aside — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putschist — a participant in a putsch.
- puttyless — having no putty
- queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rapturist — a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast
- rapturous — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- repercuss — to have or cause repercussions
- reperusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- reposeful — full of or suggesting repose; calm; quiet.
- republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- repulsive — causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
- repurpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- resuspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- rulership — the act or fact of ruling or the state of being ruled: Foreign rulership of the country began in the 18th century.
- rustle up — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- saddle up — horse: put a saddle on
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- sao paulo — a state in S Brazil. 95,714 sq. mi. (247,898 sq. km).
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- sauté pan — a pan used for sautéing food
- scapulary — scapular1 .
- scoop out — remove, take out
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.