8-letter words containing u, n, p, r
- purpurin — a reddish, crystalline, anthraquinone dye, C 1 4 H 5 O 2 (OH) 3 , isomeric with flavopurpurin.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- rapa nui — Easter Island.
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- replunge — the act of replunging
- resupine — lying on the back; supine.
- round up — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- runproof — made to resist unraveling, runs, or running, as stockings or dyes.
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- sundrops — any of various plants of the genus Oenothera, of the evening primrose family, having flowers that bloom during the day.
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- sunproof — impervious to sunlight or damage by the rays of the sun.
- superfan — a very or extremely devoted fan
- supergun — any extremely powerful gun
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- surprint — to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
- train up — If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity.
- trap gun — a firearm designed for trapshooting.
- trapunto — quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.
- trumping — a trumpet.
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- turnspit — a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- uncipher — to decode; decipher
- underlap — to extend partly under.
- underlip — the lower lip
- underpay — to pay less than is deserved or usual.
- underpin — to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
- unexpert — a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
- unipolar — Also, homopolar. Physics. having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
- unpaired — not matched
- unparsed — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- unparted — not parted, not separated
- unpeered — unparalleled, unequalled
- unperson — a public figure, especially in a totalitarian country, who, for political or ideological reasons, is not recognized or mentioned in government publications or records or in the news media.
- unpraise — to withhold praise from