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7-letter words containing a, u, p

  • unsharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
  • unspeak — to recant; unsay.
  • unstrap — to take off or slacken the strap of.
  • untaped — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
  • upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
  • upbreak — to break or burst upwards
  • upcatch — to catch up (with); to arrive at the same point as
  • upcoast — along a coast in a northward direction
  • updated — to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
  • updater — to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
  • updraft — the movement upward of air or other gas.
  • upgrade — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
  • upheave — to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
  • uphoard — to hoard or hoard up
  • uplands — an area of high or relatively high ground
  • uppsala — a city in SE Sweden.
  • upraise — to raise up; lift or elevate.
  • upreach — to reach upwards
  • uprisal — a rising up
  • upscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
  • upspeak — to start speaking
  • upspear — (of grass or plants) to grow upwards in a spear-like manner
  • upstage — on or toward the back of the stage.
  • upstair — up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
  • upstand — to rise to one's feet; stand up
  • upstare — to stare upwards
  • upstart — a person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence.
  • upstate — the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, especially the northerly part of New York State.
  • upswarm — to rise or send upwards in a swarm
  • uptrade — to trade (a piece of equipment, car, etc.) for something similar but of greater value or quality: to uptrade one's stereo components.
  • uptrain — to train up, to teach or educate
  • upvalue — to raise the value of: to upvalue inventories.
  • upwards — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
  • uruapan — a city in central Michoacán, in SW Mexico: near Paricutín volcano.
  • usucapt — to take possession of (property)
  • utopian — of, relating to, or resembling Utopia, an idealized imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516).
  • volapuk — one of the earliest of the artificially constructed international auxiliary languages, invented about 1879.
  • voluspa — an Icelandic mythological poem
  • waipahu — a city in Hawaii, on S Oahu.
  • wait up — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
  • wake up — awake from sleep
  • wake-up — a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
  • walk-up — an apartment above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator.
  • walkups — Plural form of walkup.
  • wall up — If someone walls up a room, or if someone is walled up in it, walls are built blocking every door so that nobody can get in or out.
  • warm up — Informal. a warming: Sit by the fire and have a nice warm.
  • wash up — the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash.
  • wrap up — something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: an evening wrap.
  • wrap-up — a final report or summary: a wrap-up of the evening news.
  • yaupons — Plural form of yaupon.
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