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8-letter words containing s, p, u, n

  • 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.
  • plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
  • plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
  • polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • postburn — after injury from burns
  • postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
  • pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
  • preussen — German name of Prussia.
  • pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
  • pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
  • prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
  • pug nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
  • pug-nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
  • puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
  • pulvinus — Botany. a cushionlike swelling at the base of a leaf or leaflet, at the point of junction with the axis.
  • puniness — puny quality or condition
  • punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
  • puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
  • pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
  • 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.
  • purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
  • pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
  • pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
  • pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
  • 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.
  • resupine — lying on the back; supine.
  • run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
  • sandpump — a pump for wet sand
  • sandspur — an American wild grass
  • saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
  • sculping — the act of cutting the skin and its adhering fat from the body of a seal.
  • set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • seven-up — all fours (def 2).
  • shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
  • 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.
  • slumping — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
  • snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
  • snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
  • sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
  • soupbone — a bone used for making soup or broth.
  • spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
  • speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
  • sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
  • 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.
  • splenium — a structure in the brain
  • splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
  • spoonful — as much as a spoon can hold.
  • spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
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