8-letter words containing s, u, p
- 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.
- picumnus — one of two ancient Roman fertility gods.
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- pilumnus — one of two ancient gods of fertility.
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- pius iii — (Francesco Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini) 1439–1503, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1503.
- pius vii — (Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti) 1740–1823, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1800–23.
- pius xii — (Eugenio Pacelli) 1876–1958, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1939–58.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plausive — applauding.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- 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.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- plugless — having no plug
- plumbism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- plumbous — containing bivalent lead.
- plumpish — somewhat plump; tending to plumpness.
- plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
- plushily — in a plush manner
- plussage — a surplus amount.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- pluvious — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- polypous — polypoid.
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- 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.
- precurse — a foreshadowing or precursing
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance