8-letter words containing p, u, t
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- pump out — emit, produce
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- punctule — a very small opening
- puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- punditic — of or relating to pundits
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- punition — punishment.
- punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- pup tent — shelter tent.
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- puppetry — the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
- 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.
- purparty — a share of an estate held by coparceners that is apportioned to one upon the division of the estate among them.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- purtiest — pretty.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- put away — 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 back — postpone
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put onto — If you put someone onto something useful, you tell them about it.
- 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.
- put upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- put-upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- putative — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- puttered — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- sculpsit — he engraved, carved, or sculptured (it); she engraved, carved, or sculptured (it). Abbreviation: sc.