8-letter words containing e, a, t, u, p
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- penutian — a group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote period.
- peracute — (of diseases, chiefly in animals) very severe; very acute
- perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- petalous — having petals.
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- petanque — a form of lawn bowling originating in France, usually played on rough ground using steel balls.
- 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.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- phaestus — Phaistos.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
- plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- pub date — publication date.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- putative — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- 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.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- stake up — to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
- steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stumpage — standing timber with reference to its value.
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- superate — overcome; surmounted; surpassed
- supertax — Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- taphouse — an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.
- trade up — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trade-up — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- tube pan — a circular cake pan having a hollow cone-shaped centerpiece: used for baking ring-shaped cakes.
- unparted — not parted, not separated