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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.
  • pulitzerJoseph, 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.
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