8-letter words containing p, u, i, r
- groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
- grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
- grumpier — Comparative form of grumpy.
- grumpily — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- grumping — Present participle of grump.
- grumpish — Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy.
- grumpity — Nonce variation of the word grump, usually used as an intensifier.
- guruship — The status of a guru.
- hippuric — of or relating to hippuric acid
- imperium — command; supreme power.
- imporous — having no pores, having a compact texture, solid
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- impugner — One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- impurely — In an impure manner.
- impurify — To make impure.
- impurity — the quality or state of being impure.
- impurple — Alternative form of empurple.
- in-group — a narrow exclusive group; clique.
- inputter — One who, or that which, inputs.
- irapuato — a city in Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
- irrupted — Simple past tense and past participle of irrupt.
- jodhpuri — of or relating to Jodhpur or its inhabitants
- junipers — Plural form of juniper.
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- lalitpur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marsupia — Plural form of marsupium.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- nip curn — a tightfisted woman
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outprize — to prize more highly than or beyond the proper value of
- outstrip — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- pagurian — a hermit crab, especially of the genus Pagurus.
- painture — the art or act of painting
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- peiraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- per unit — Per unit is a way of expressing the value of a quantity in terms of a reference or base quantity.
- peridium — the outer enveloping coat of the fruit body in many fungi.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perilune — the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
- perineum — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.