6-letter words containing s, u, p
- juleps — Plural form of julep.
- kapuas — a river in W Kalimantan, in central Borneo, flowing SW to the South China Sea. 710 miles (1142 km) long.
- kuspuk — a cloth garment worn by Eskimos over the parka.
- lapsus — a slip of the tongue.
- lashup — a hastily made or arranged device, organization, etc.
- loupes — Plural form of loupe.
- lupins — Plural form of lupin.
- lupous — resembling or relating to lupus
- mashup — Music, Slang. a recording that combines vocal and instrumental tracks from two or more recordings.
- musimp — (language) A Lisp variant used as the programming language for the IBM PC symbolic mathematics package MuMath.
- opacus — (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- ophuls — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), (Max Oppenheimer) 1902–57, German film director, in Germany, France, and the U.S.
- opiums — Plural form of opium.
- opulus — the guelder rose
- palpus — an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
- pannus — Pathology. an abnormal vascular thickening of the cornea. an ingrowth of synovial material into a joint, as in rheumatoid arthritis.
- pappus — a downy, bristly, or other tuftlike appendage of the achene of certain plants, as the dandelion and the thistle.
- pascua — ˈIsla de (ˈislɑðɛ ) ; ēsˈläthe) Easter Island
- passus — a section or division of a story, poem, etc.; canto.
- paused — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- peipus — a lake in the N Europe, on the border between Estonia and the W Russian Federation. 93 miles (150 km) long; 356 sq. mi. (920 sq. km).
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- peneus — ancient name of Salambria.
- pensum — a piece of work or a task to be completed, esp a school exercise
- peplus — peplos.
- perdus — hidden; concealed; obscured.
- peruse — to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- phobus — Also, Phobus [foh-buh s] /ˈfoʊ bəs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat.
- phocus — An object-oriented Prolog-like language.
- pholus — a large astronomical object, some 2000 km in diameter, discovered in 1991. Its elliptical orbit around the earth, between the orbits of Neptune and Saturn, has a period of 93 years. It has been classified as an asteroid although it lies outside the main asteroid belt
- pignus — property held as security for a debt.
- pileus — Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- pilous — pilose.
- pincus — Gregory Goodwin. 1903–67, US physiologist, whose work on steroid hormones led to the development of the first contraceptive pill
- pindus — a mountain range in central Greece: highest peak, 7665 feet (2335 meters).
- pistou — a type of sauce from Provence, made from olive oil, basil, garlic, tomatoes, and cheese
- pius i — Saint, pope a.d. 140–155?.
- pius v — Saint (Michele Ghislieri) 1504–72, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1566–72.
- pius x — Saint (Giuseppe Sarto) 1835–1914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1903–14.
- plexus — a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- pluses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- plushy — of, relating to, or resembling plush.
- plutus — the Greek god of wealth
- pontus — an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- porous — full of pores.
- poseur — a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- possum — opossum.
- primus — Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- proust — Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- prunes — a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.