8-letter words containing p, u, c
- 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
- pace out — If you pace out or pace off a distance, you measure it by walking from one end of it to the other.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- packmule — a mule used to carry goods
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- parcours — parcourse.
- patch up — an act or instance of patching or repair.
- patch-up — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
- paunched — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- peculium — property that a father or master allowed his child or slave to hold as his own
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- peduncle — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- penuchle — pinochle.
- penuckle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- peracute — (of diseases, chiefly in animals) very severe; very acute
- piacular — expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pichurim — a Brazilian laurel tree
- pick out — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pictural — a picture
- pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- picumnus — one of two ancient Roman fertility gods.
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- pin curl — a small section of hair wound in a circle and secured with a hairpin to set it in a curl
- pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
- pin-curl — to curl (the hair) by using clips or hairpins.
- pinchbug — a stag beetle
- pinchgut — someone who does not give other people enough food
- piquancy — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
- pirarucu — the arapaima.