8-letter words containing p, u, r, s, a
- -carpous — (in botany) indicating a certain kind or number of fruit
- acarpous — (of plants) producing no fruit
- aplustre — the ornamental stern on an ancient Greek or Roman ship
- apsyrtus — a son of Aeëtes, killed by his sister Medea, who, while fleeing with Jason, threw pieces of her brother's body into the sea so that her father, in pursuing her, might be delayed while picking them up.
- apterous — (of insects) without wings, as silverfish and springtails
- apurpose — (dialect) on purpose; deliberately.
- aruspicy — haruspicy.
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- capsular — relating to or resembling a capsule
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- earplugs — Plural form of earplug.
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- euphrasy — eyebright
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- grass up — to inform on (someone), esp to the police
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- larkspur — a town in W California.
- marsupia — Plural form of marsupium.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- parcours — parcourse.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- pastural — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pasturer — a person who tends pasturing livestock
- peiraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- 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.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- 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.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
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