8-letter words containing a, u, r, p
- puggaree — pugree.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- puparium — a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects
- pupillar — of or relating to a pupil or a legal ward
- 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.
- purparty — a share of an estate held by coparceners that is apportioned to one upon the division of the estate among them.
- 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.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- rap full — (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.
- rapa nui — Easter Island.
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- rawlplug — a short fibre or plastic tube used to provide a fixing in a wall for a screw
- reuptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- saporous — full of flavor or taste; flavorful.
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- scare up — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- serapeum — a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- start up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- start-up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- subgraph — a graph linked with another graph
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- superadd — to add over and above; join as a further addition; add besides.
- superate — overcome; surmounted; surpassed