7-letter words containing p, u, t
- pomatum — pomade.
- pop out — a short, quick, explosive sound.
- pop-out — pop-up (def 8).
- post up — display: a notice, etc.
- postbus — (in Britain, esp in rural districts) a vehicle carrying the mail that also carries passengers
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potluck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- pou sto — a place upon which to stand
- poulter — a member of staff within e.g. a monastery or royal household, responsible for the supply of poultry
- poultry — domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- pouncet — box with a perforated top used for perfume
- poutful — tending to pout
- poutine — a dish of chipped potatoes topped with curd cheese and a tomato-based sauce
- pouting — having the lips sticking out, usually in order to show annoyance or to appear sexually attractive
- prerupt — abrupt
- product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- proteus — Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- protium — the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- prudent — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- puckout — a free hit from the goal area made by the goalkeeper
- pukatea — an aromatic New Zealand tree, Laurelia novae-zealandiae, valued for its high-quality timber
- pullout — an act or instance of pulling out; removal.
- pulsant — pulsating; vibrant
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- pulture — the right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their own maintenance; provisions claimed in this way
- punctum — a tip or small point
- pungent — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
- punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
- puritan — 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.
- purpart — a purparty.
- purport — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- pursuit — the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- purtier — pretty.
- pushout — throwaway (def 5).
- pushpit — a safety rail at the stern of a boat
- pushtos — Pashto.
- pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
- put off — 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.
- put out — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put-out — an instance of putting out a batter or base runner.
- put-put — the sound made by a small internal-combustion engine or imitative of its operation.
- putamen — Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
- putcher — a trap for catching salmon
- putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- puttees — a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- puttier — a person who putties, as a glazier.
- putting — 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.
- puttnam — David, Baron. born 1941, British film producer. Films include Chariots of Fire (1981), The Killing Fields (1984), Memphis Belle (1990), and My Life So Far (1999)
- puttock — a bird of prey, esp the buzzard and the red kite