8-letter words containing s, u, p, o
- populous — full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
- porously — full of pores.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- posticum — epinaos.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- 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.
- 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).
- proudish — rather proud
- provirus — a viral form that is incorporated into the genetic material of a host cell.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- pug nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- pug-nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- push off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- repousse — (of a design) raised in relief by hammering on the reverse side.
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- saporous — full of flavor or taste; flavorful.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- scoop up — lift, pick up
- scoopful — the amount that a scoop can hold.
- scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shook-up — upset
- shoot up — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shoot-up — an act or instance of injecting an addictive drug intravenously.