8-letter words containing s, p, u, e
- periplus — a descriptive account of a voyage, esp of a circumnavigation
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- petalous — having petals.
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- petuntse — a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- phaestus — Phaistos.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- physique — physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development: the physique of an athlete.
- pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- plausive — applauding.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plugless — having no plug
- plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
- plussage — a surplus amount.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precurse — a foreshadowing or precursing
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- press-up — push-up.
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
- pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- presumed — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- preussen — German name of Prussia.
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- pseudish — pretentious
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- pug nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- pug-nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- pulpless — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.