8-letter words containing o, u, p
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- populous — full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
- porously — full of pores.
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- posticum — epinaos.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pot luck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- pouchful — the amount (of something) a pouch will hold
- pouching — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pound on — bang on
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- pour out — liquid: tip from a receptacle
- pourable — able to be poured
- power up — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- pozzuoli — a seaport in SW Italy, near Naples: Roman ruins.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- preludio — a musical prelude
- premould — to mould in advance
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- preunion — a meeting in advance of a permanent union
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- procurer — a person who procures, especially a pander or pimp.
- produced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producer — a person who produces.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- pronotum — the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- propound — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- propoxur — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 3 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide against a wide variety of insects.
- proprium — a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.
- prorogue — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).