8-letter words containing p, u, t, r, e
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- preunite — to unite in advance
- protrude — to project.
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prurient — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pulpiter — a preacher
- puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- puppetry — the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purtiest — pretty.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- put over — 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.
- puttered — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- reuptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- splutter — to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed: When pushed for an explanation, he always spluttered.
- spurters — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- strumpet — a prostitute; harlot.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- superate — overcome; surmounted; surpassed
- superfit — extremely fit
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- superhot — extremely hot
- superjet — a jet aircraft, especially a large one, capable of supersonic flight.
- supertax — Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- tour rep — A tour rep is the same as a holiday rep.
- trade up — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trade-up — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- truetype — (text, standard) An outline font standard first developed by Apple Computer, and later embraced by Microsoft, as a competitor to Adobe Systems, Inc.'s PostScript which is still more popular.
- trumpery — something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
- 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.