9-letter words containing a, s, u, p
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- capsicums — Plural form of capsicum.
- capsulary — Archaic form of capsular.
- capsulate — within or formed into a capsule
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- catapults — Plural form of catapult.
- catch-ups — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- cepaceous — having an onion-like smell or taste
- cephalous — having a head
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- crease up — If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot.
- cup shake — wind shake.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- davis cup — an annual international lawn tennis championship for men's teams
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- diapauses — Plural form of diapause.
- dispauper — to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
- disputant — a person who disputes; debater.
- docu-soap — a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama
- docusoaps — Plural form of docusoap.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- equipages — Plural form of equipage.
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- espousals — Plural form of espousal.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.