8-letter words containing p, o, u, c
- cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
- cross up — to confuse or disorder
- cross-up — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
- croupily — in a croupy manner
- croupous — (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cupreous — of, consisting of, containing, or resembling copper; coppery
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
- decouple — If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended.
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- euphonic — Characterized by euphony; harmonious.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- euphotic — Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- jumprock — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.
- knock up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- notch up — make score marks to count
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
- occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- open cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- open-cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- opinicus — a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- opuscule — a small or minor work.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outcrops — Plural form of outcrop.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outpitch — to exceed in pitching
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outpunch — to punch better than
- outscoop — to surpass in scooping
- pabouche — a soft shoe