8-letter words containing a, s, u
- past due — payment: overdue, late
- paste-up — mechanical (def 14).
- pastural — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pasturer — a person who tends pasturing livestock
- patinous — patinated.
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.
- paulinus — Saint, died a.d. 644, Roman missionary in England with Augustine: 1st archbishop of York 633–644.
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- pay-stub — a document attached to or accompanying a paycheck as a record of gross earnings and deductions.
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- pea soup — a thick soup made from split peas.
- peiraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- petalous — having petals.
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- phaestus — Phaistos.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plausive — applauding.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- plussage — a surplus amount.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- quackish — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- quadrans — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
- quadrats — Plural form of quadrat.
- quadrics — Plural form of quadric.