8-letter words containing u, n, p, t
- patinous — patinated.
- patulent — patulous
- pentheus — the grandson of Cadmus and his successor as king of Thebes, who resisted the introduction of the cult of Dionysus. In revenge the god drove him mad and he was torn to pieces by a group of bacchantes, one of whom was his mother
- penutian — a group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote period.
- per unit — Per unit is a way of expressing the value of a quantity in terms of a reference or base quantity.
- petanque — a form of lawn bowling originating in France, usually played on rough ground using steel balls.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- petuntse — a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone
- pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- pinchgut — someone who does not give other people enough food
- pine nut — Also, pignoli. the seed of any of several pine trees, as the piñon, eaten roasted or salted or used in making candy, pastry, etc., after removing the hard seed coat.
- plan out — organize in detail
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- 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.
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- point up — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- preunite — to unite in advance
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- pronotum — the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- prurient — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- punctule — a very small opening
- puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- punditic — of or relating to pundits
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- punition — punishment.
- punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- pup tent — shelter tent.
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put onto — If you put someone onto something useful, you tell them about it.
- put upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- put-upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- 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.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.