8-letter words containing a, m, p, u
- paspalum — any of various grasses of the genus Paspalum of Australia and New Zealand having wide leaves
- patagium — a wing membrane, as of a bat.
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- pergamum — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- plumbago — graphite.
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumular — relating to the plumule of a plant
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- puparium — a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects
- putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- serapeum — a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- smash up — destroy, break into pieces
- smash-up — the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stumpage — standing timber with reference to its value.
- sun lamp — a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- supermac — A general-purpose macro language, embeddable in existing languages as a run-time library.
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supermax — having or relating to the very highest levels of security
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- tupamaro — any of a group of Marxist urban guerrillas in Uruguay
- tympanum — Anatomy, Zoology. middle ear. tympanic membrane.
- umpirage — the office or authority of an umpire.
- undamped — not damped or dampened; undiminished, as in energy, vigor, etc.: undamped spirits.
- unmapped — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- upmarket — appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible: upmarket fashions.
- upstream — toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.