8-letter words containing e, u, p, t
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- 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.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- preunite — to unite in advance
- protrude — to project.
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prurient — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- pub date — publication date.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pulpiter — a preacher
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- punctule — a very small opening
- puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- pup tent — shelter tent.
- puppetry — the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purtiest — pretty.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- put over — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- putative — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- puttered — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- 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.
- septimus — a male given name.
- septuple — sevenfold; consisting of seven parts.