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8-letter words containing k, u, p

  • packmule — a mule used to carry goods
  • panufnik — Sir Andrzej (ændreɪ). 1914–91, British composer and conductor, born in Poland. His works include nine symphonies, the cantata Winter Solstice (1972), Polish folk-song settings, and ballet music
  • penuckle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
  • pick out — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
  • pluck at — If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently.
  • pluck up — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
  • plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
  • postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
  • pot luck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
  • prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
  • prick up — ears: react to sound
  • puck hog — a player who is reluctant to pass the puck to other members of his or her team
  • puckered — a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
  • puckerer — a person who puckers
  • puckfist — a puffball fungus
  • pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.
  • pullback — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
  • pumpking — pumpkin
  • pumplike — resembling a pump
  • purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
  • pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
  • pusslike — resembling a puss
  • put back — postpone
  • 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.
  • shack up — a rough cabin; shanty.
  • shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
  • shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • shook-up — upset
  • shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
  • ski jump — a snow-covered chute or slide at the side of a hill or built up on top of the hill, the base of the chute having a horizontal ramp that enables a skier to speed down the chute, take off at the end of the ramp, and land further down the hill.
  • skip out — leave, flee
  • skullcap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
  • slack up — to go more slowly
  • slick up — to make sleek or smooth.
  • sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
  • souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
  • speak up — talk more loudly
  • speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
  • spike up — a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
  • spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
  • sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
  • stack up — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
  • stake up — to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
  • stick up — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
  • stick-up — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
  • stink up — to cause to stink
  • stock up — buy a lot of sth for future use
  • stoke up — to feed and tend (a fire, etc) with fuel
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