8-letter words containing p, u, y
- puyallup — a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian tribe living in the Puget Sound area of Washington.
- pygidium — any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- pyxidium — a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.
- reoccupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- repurify — to purify again, make pure again
- resupply — provide with sth
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- sisyphus — a son of Aeolus and ruler of Corinth, noted for his trickery: he was punished in Tartarus by being compelled to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again.
- sphygmus — the pulse.
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- 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.
- stumpily — in a stumpy manner
- stupidly — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sulphury — of the nature of, characteristic of or resembling sulphur
- superbly — admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance.
- superspy — a highly accomplished spy
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- supplely — supply2 .
- 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.
- tuppenny — twopenny (defs 1–3).
- tympanum — Anatomy, Zoology. middle ear. tympanic membrane.
- type out — If you type something out, you write it in full using a typewriter or word processor.
- type-out — the act of typing or printing a text.
- typhoeus — the son of Gaea and Tartarus who had a hundred dragon heads, which spurted fire, and a bellowing many-tongued voice. He created the whirlwinds and fought with Zeus before the god hurled him beneath Mount Etna
- underpay — to pay less than is deserved or usual.
- unplayed — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- unpretty — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- unpurely — in an unpure or impure manner
- unripely — in an unripe manner
- up yours — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- uroscopy — inspection or analysis of the urine as a means of diagnosis.
- yield up — If you yield up a secret, you reveal it.
- zephyrus — the west wind personified.