9-letter words containing u, t, o, p
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- protruded — to project.
- proturkey — a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km): 286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe. Capital: Ankara.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- prove out — to show or be shown to be satisfactory, accurate, true, etc.
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- puftaloon — a fried scone
- pull into — When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpotomy — the removal of infected portions of the pulp tissue in a tooth, used as a therapeutic measure to avoid pulpectomy.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- puppyfoot — the ace of clubs.
- pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
- purgation — the act of purging.
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- purported — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- 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.
- 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
- pustulous — pustular.
- put about — 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.
- put forth — 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.
- put it on — to make a pretentious show; pretend or exaggerate
- put it to — 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.
- put on to — put in touch with
- put to it — to place in a difficult situation; press hard
- put up on — imposed upon; ill-used.
- put up to — If you put someone up to something wrong or foolish or something which they would not normally do, you suggest that they do it and you encourage them to do it.
- putonghua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
- puttyroot — an American orchid, Aplectrum hyemale, having a slender naked rootstock that produces a leafless stalk with a loose cluster of yellowish-brown flowers.
- pyoureter — distention of a ureter with pus.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rapturous — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- round top — a platform round the masthead of a sailing ship
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- scoop out — remove, take out
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.