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8-letter words containing p, u

  • chirrups — Plural form of chirrup.
  • chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
  • choke up — to block (a drain, pipe, etc) completely
  • chuck up — vomit
  • chumping — the act of collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day
  • chumship — friendship
  • chunk up — to toss or throw; chuck: chunking pebbles at the barn door.
  • chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
  • chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
  • clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
  • clean-up — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
  • clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
  • clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
  • clock up — If you clock up a large number or total of things, you reach that number or total.
  • close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
  • close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
  • closeups — Plural form of closeup.
  • clued-up — If you say that someone is clued-up on a particular subject, you are showing your approval of the fact that they have a great deal of detailed knowledge and information about it.
  • clumpier — Comparative form of clumpy.
  • clumping — a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
  • clumpish — clumpy
  • clupeids — Plural form of clupeid.
  • clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
  • cockspur — a spur on the leg of a cock
  • cocoplum — a tropical shrub, Chrysobalanus icaco
  • coked-up — showing the effects of having taken cocaine
  • compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
  • compulse — to compel
  • compunct — (obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
  • computed — Calculate or reckon (a figure or amount).
  • computer — a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers
  • computes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute.
  • computor — (obsolete) A person who calculates or computes.
  • consumpt — expenditure on goods and services for personal use
  • copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
  • copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
  • corrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt.
  • cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
  • count up — add, total
  • couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
  • couperus — Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Dutch novelist.
  • coupette — a small coupe for serving dessert.
  • coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
  • couplers — Plural form of coupler.
  • couplets — Plural form of couplet.
  • coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
  • couponer — a person who seeks out or saves discount coupons, as for buying grocery items.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
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