8-letter words containing p, u, i, r
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- puparium — a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects
- pupillar — of or relating to a pupil or a legal ward
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- purfling — to finish with an ornamental border.
- purified — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purifier — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- puriform — resembling pus; purulent.
- puristic — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purlicue — a flourish at the end of a pen stroke
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- purpuric — a disease characterized by purple or brownish-red spots on the skin or mucous membranes, caused by the extravasation of blood.
- purpurin — a reddish, crystalline, anthraquinone dye, C 1 4 H 5 O 2 (OH) 3 , isomeric with flavopurpurin.
- pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- purtiest — pretty.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- rapa nui — Easter Island.
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- re-equip — to furnish (someone or something) with new supplies, equipment, etc
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- repurify — to purify again, make pure again
- resupine — lying on the back; supine.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
- 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
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- spiritus — a spirit or breathing
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- spurrier — a maker of spurs.
- spurries — spurry.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- subprior — a monk junior to a prior
- 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.
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- superlie — to lie above