6-letter words containing t, u, p
- penult — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- pequot — a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
- perutz — Max Ferdinand, 1914–2002, English chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1962.
- phuket — an island near the W coast of Thailand. 294 sq. mi. (761 sq. km).
- pignut — the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra, of North America.
- pigout — a meal eaten in excess or large amounts
- piquet — a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.
- pistou — a type of sauce from Provence, made from olive oil, basil, garlic, tomatoes, and cheese
- pituri — a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
- piyyut — a liturgical poem included in the services on holidays and special Sabbaths in addition to the established prayers.
- pluton — any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- plutus — the Greek god of wealth
- poitou — a region and former province in W France.
- pontus — an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- popout — a pop-up book.
- potful — the amount that can be held by a pot.
- potgun — a pot-shaped gun or mortar, a gun with a large bore
- poukit — (of a bird or animal) plucked, moulted
- pouted — to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
- pouter — a person who pouts.
- precut — cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used: a kit with precut parts.
- proust — Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- prutah — a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.
- prutot — prutah.
- pudent — lacking in ostentation or humble
- pullet — a young hen, less than one year old.
- pulpit — a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
- pultan — (in India) an infantry regiment
- pundit — a learned person, expert, or authority.
- punnet — a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- puntat — a walking catfish, Clarias fuscus, introduced in Hawaiian waters.
- punted — Cards. a person who lays a stake against the bank.
- punter — Cards. a person who lays a stake against the bank.
- pupate — to become a pupa.
- puppet — an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette.
- purest — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purist — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- pushto — Pashto.
- pushtu — Pashto.
- put by — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put in — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put up — planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
- put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
- put-up — planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
- puteal — an enclosure around a well
- puteli — (in India) a flat-bottomed boat
- putlog — any of a number of short pieces of lumber supporting a scaffold's floor.
- putnam — Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939.