8-letter words containing o, u, p
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- pauropod — a member of the Pauropoda, a class of minute myriapods less than 2 mm (1⁄20 in.) in size, having 8 to 10 pairs of legs and branched antennae
- pea soup — a thick soup made from split peas.
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- petalous — having petals.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- phone up — call on the telephone
- phormium — any plant of the New Zealand bulbous genus Phormium, with leathery evergreen leaves and red or yellow flowers in panicles
- pick out — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- piquillo — a variety of sweet red pepper grown in the Ebro River Valley in N Spain
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- pitchout — Baseball. a ball purposely thrown by a pitcher too far outside of the plate for the batter to hit, especially in anticipation of an attempted steal by a base runner.
- plan out — organize in detail
- play out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- plughole — drainage hole in sink or bath
- plumbago — graphite.
- plumbous — containing bivalent lead.
- plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- pluvious — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- po chu-i — a.d. 772–846, Chinese poet.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- point up — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- 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.
- polonium — a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polypous — polypoid.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- pompidou — Georges Jean Raymond [zhawrzh zhahn rey-mawn] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑ̃ reɪˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1911–74, French political leader: prime minister 1962–68; president 1969–74.
- poop out — to cause to become out of breath or fatigued; exhaust: Climbing that mountain pooped the whole group.
- pop quiz — impromptu test
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.