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7-letter words containing n, i, u

  • phineus — a brother of Cepheus who was not brave enough to rescue his betrothed Andromeda from a sea monster and who was eventually turned to stone.
  • pilinut — type of nut found in the Philippines
  • pin-out — (hardware)   (Or "pinout") The allocation of logical functions or signals to the electrical connection points (pins) of an integrated circuit or other component or connector.
  • pinetum — an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
  • pinguid — fat; oily.
  • pinnula — a pinnule.
  • pinnule — Zoology. a part or organ resembling a barb of a feather, a fin, or the like. a finlet.
  • pintubi — an Aboriginal people of the southern border area of Western Australia and the Northern Territory
  • piquant — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
  • piquing — to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
  • pkunzip — (tool, compression)   A program to unpack archives created by PKZIP, written by PKWARE, Inc. and released as shareware. Versions exist for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Open VMS. PKUNZIP is no longer distributed, its functions having been incorporated into PKZIP.
  • plug in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
  • plug-in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
  • pluming — a feather.
  • pluvian — a crocodile bird
  • pouring — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
  • poussin — Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1594–1655, French painter.
  • poutine — a dish of chipped potatoes topped with curd cheese and a tomato-based sauce
  • pouting — having the lips sticking out, usually in order to show annoyance or to appear sexually attractive
  • pruning — Archaic. to preen.
  • puccini — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer.
  • pudding — a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, eggs, a flavoring, and sweetener: tapioca pudding.
  • pugging — Also called pugmark. a footprint, especially of a game animal.
  • pull in — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
  • pull-in — vehicle rest stop
  • pulping — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
  • pulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
  • pulsion — the act of driving forward
  • pumping — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
  • pumpkin — a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
  • punjabi — a native or inhabitant of the Punjab.
  • punning — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
  • puranic — any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
  • purging — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
  • puritan — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
  • purline — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
  • purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
  • purring — to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
  • pursing — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
  • push in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
  • push-in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
  • pushing — that pushes.
  • pushkin — Alexander Sergeevich [al-ig-zan-der sur-gey-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr syir-gye-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.
  • pushpin — a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
  • putting — 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.
  • pycnium — a flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.
  • quaking — (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
  • quantic — a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.
  • quassin — a bitter crystalline substance
  • quatrin — (obsolete) Any of several small, copper coins, similar to a farthing, in any of several countries.
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