6-letter words containing s, u, p
- prunus — a plant from the genus Prunus, bearing fruits such as the peach, cherry, plum, and almond
- prusik — a sliding knot that locks under pressure and can be used to form a loop (prusik loop) in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- pseudo — not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham.
- pudsey — a town in N England, in Leeds unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 32 391 (2001)
- puisne — Law. younger; inferior in rank; junior, as in appointment.
- pullus — a young bird; a chick.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pulser — a machine that produces pulses
- punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- puppis — a constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Vela and Canis Major, a section of which is crossed by the Milky Way
- pupus' — any hot or cold usually bite-size appetizer, often served in a varied assortment.
- purest — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purges — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- purism — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- purist — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- pursed — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- purser — an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- pushed — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pusher — a person or thing that pushes.
- pushto — Pashto.
- pushtu — Pashto.
- puskas — Ferenc (ˈfɛrɛnk). 1927–2006, Hungarian footballer; played for Hungary (1945–56) and Real Madrid (1958–66)
- pussel — a maid; a girl
- pusser — a purser
- pusses — face: She smacked him in the puss.
- putois — a brush to paint pottery
- putsch — a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
- quipus — Plural form of quipu.
- raptus — a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- rumpus — a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar: There was a terrible rumpus going on upstairs.
- sannup — a married American Indian man, especially a younger one; husband.
- sapful — full of sap
- sapour — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- scapus — a leafless flower stalk
- schtup — to have sexual intercourse with.
- scrump — to steal (apples) from an orchard or garden
- sculpt — shape, carve
- sendup — a mocking parody, esp. when done with seeming gravity; takeoff; spoof
- septum — a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-up — Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- sew up — to join or attach by stitches.
- sex up — either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- shlump — to loaf or idle.
- signup — a token; indication.
- sirupy — having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
- sit up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sit-up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- slumpy — boggy or swampy