8-letter words containing p, u, t
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- septimus — a male given name.
- septuple — sevenfold; consisting of seven parts.
- set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sextuple — consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- shift up — When you shift up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shoot up — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shoot-up — an act or instance of injecting an addictive drug intravenously.
- shot put — a field event in which a heavy ball or shot is thrown or put for distance.
- shtupped — to have sexual intercourse with.
- sinciput — the forepart of the skull.
- sit-upon — a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- skip out — leave, flee
- sleepout — a place, such as an outbuilding or porch, used for sleeping away from the main building
- slip out — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slop out — (of prisoners) to empty chamber pots and collect water for washing
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
- spiritus — a spirit or breathing
- spit out — eject by spitting
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- split up — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- split-up — the act of splitting.
- splutter — to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed: When pushed for an explanation, he always spluttered.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- spurters — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- st. paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- stack up — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stake up — to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
- stand up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- stand-up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- start up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- start-up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- stay put — 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.
- steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steep-up — very steep or perpendicular
- step cut — a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.
- step out — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stick up — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.