8-letter words containing p, r, e, s, u
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- spherule — a small sphere or spherical body.
- splurger — a person who splurges
- splutter — to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed: When pushed for an explanation, he always spluttered.
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- spurless — lacking a spur or spurs
- spurrier — a maker of spurs.
- spurries — spurry.
- spurters — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- strumpet — a prostitute; harlot.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- superadd — to add over and above; join as a further addition; add besides.
- superate — overcome; surmounted; surpassed
- superbad — exceptionally bad
- superbly — admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance.
- superbug — a pathogenic bacterium that has developed immunity to antibiotics, or an insect that has developed immunity to insecticides.
- supercar — a very expensive fast or powerful car with a centrally located engine
- supercop — an exceptionally capable or powerful police officer
- supercow — a dairy cow that produces a very high milk yield as a result of selective breeding or genetic modification
- superego — the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.
- superfan — a very or extremely devoted fan
- superfit — extremely fit
- superfix — a suprasegmental feature having an identifiable meaning or grammatical function, as the stress pattern that distinguishes the noun record from the verb record or the parallel falling stress patterns of blackbird and highchair, reflecting a parallel relationship between the elements.
- supergun — any extremely powerful gun
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- superhot — extremely hot
- superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- superjet — a jet aircraft, especially a large one, capable of supersonic flight.
- superlie — to lie above
- superloo — an automated public toilet
- supermac — A general-purpose macro language, embeddable in existing languages as a run-time library.
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supermax — having or relating to the very highest levels of security
- supermom — a mother who successfully manages a household and cares for her children while holding a job or being active in her community.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- superpro — a person regarded as a genuine professional