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