9-letter words containing a, p, u, n
- epulation — the act of feasting
- epuration — purification
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- fatten up — To fatten up an animal or person means to make them fatter, by forcing or encouraging them to eat more food.
- gangpunch — to duplicate (a punch card's data) onto subsequent cards.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- 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.
- guineapig — Alternative spelling of guinea pig.
- gum plant — gumweed.
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
- hauptmann — Gerhart [ger-hahrt] /ˈgɛr hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1946, German dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1912.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
- jean paul — Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- junk heap — an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- making-up — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- manage up — to build a successful working relationship with a superior, manager, or employer
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- menopause — the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- naupathia — (medicine) seasickness.
- nauplioid — of or relating to the first stage in the development of a freshly hatched nauplius larva
- navy plug — a strong, dark tobacco in plug form.
- neptunian — pertaining to Neptune or the sea.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nukespeak — Informal. euphemistic language and obscuring jargon used in discussions of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, etc.: nukespeak that minimizes the risks of nuclear war.
- nullipara — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nuncupate — to state or asseverate in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- occupance — Occupancy.
- occupancy — the act, state, or condition of being or becoming a tenant or of living in or taking up quarters or space in or on something: Continued occupancy of the office depends on a rent reduction.
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- oppugnant — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- paint gun — an air gun that fires paint capsules, as used in paintballing