8-letter words containing p, u, e, t
- trumpets — a showy pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava, of the southeastern U.S., having prominently veined, crimson-throated, yellow-green leaves and yellow flowers from 2 to 4 inches (5.1 to 10.2 cm) wide.
- tube pan — a circular cake pan having a hollow cone-shaped centerpiece: used for baking ring-shaped cakes.
- tube top — a woman's strapless top, usually of elasticized fabric that fits snugly on the body.
- tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- tuppence — twopence.
- tuppenny — twopenny (defs 1–3).
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- type out — If you type something out, you write it in full using a typewriter or word processor.
- type-out — the act of typing or printing a text.
- typhoeus — the son of Gaea and Tartarus who had a hundred dragon heads, which spurted fire, and a bellowing many-tongued voice. He created the whirlwinds and fought with Zeus before the god hurled him beneath Mount Etna
- unexpert — a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
- unparted — not parted, not separated
- unpathed — not having a path or paths
- unpitied — not pitied; pitiless
- unpitted — (of fruit) still containing the stone
- unpoetic — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- unpolite — impolite.
- unposted — not sent by post
- unpotted — not planted in a pot
- unpretty — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- unpriest — to strip a person of the priesthood; defrock
- untapped — not being made use of
- untemper — to reverse the tempering of; to make (what was tempered) untempered; to soften (steel)
- untipped — not tipped; not having a tip or point
- up-tempo — a bouncy, fast tempo in music.
- upgather — to gather up or together: to upgather information.
- uplifted — improved, as in mood or spirit.
- uplifter — a person or thing that uplifts.
- upmarket — appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible: upmarket fashions.
- uppercut — a swinging blow directed upward, as to an adversary's chin.
- uprooted — having been pulled up by or as if by the roots
- upstager — someone who upstages
- upstream — toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
- upstroke — an upward stroke, especially of a pen or pencil, or of a piston in a vertical cylinder.
- upturned — turned or directed upward: upturned eyes.
- vapulate — to beat or whip
- well-put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- whitecup — a creeping South American plant, Nierembergia repens, of the nightshade family, having bell-shaped, lilac- or blue-tinged, cream-white flowers.
- wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- wipeouts — Plural form of wipeout.
- write up — a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine: The play got a terrible write-up.
- write-up — a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine: The play got a terrible write-up.