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7-letter words containing u, n, p

  • punches — the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
  • punctum — a tip or small point
  • pungent — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
  • punjabi — a native or inhabitant of the Punjab.
  • punning — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
  • punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
  • pupunha — the palm Bactris gasipaes, cultivated in tropical America; its large red and orange fruit, which is edible when cooked
  • puranic — any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
  • purging — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
  • puritan — 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.
  • purline — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
  • purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
  • purring — to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
  • pursing — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
  • push in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
  • push on — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • push-in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
  • pushing — that pushes.
  • pushkin — Alexander Sergeevich [al-ig-zan-der sur-gey-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr syir-gye-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.
  • pushpin — a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
  • putamen — Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
  • putting — 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.
  • puttnam — David, Baron. born 1941, British film producer. Films include Chariots of Fire (1981), The Killing Fields (1984), Memphis Belle (1990), and My Life So Far (1999)
  • pycnium — a flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.
  • rangpur — a variety of mandarin orange, bearing a tart fruit.
  • repunit — any positive integer that consists entirely of the digit 1 repeated, for example, 11, 111, 1111
  • ring up — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
  • roundup — the driving together of cattle, horses, etc., for inspection, branding, shipping to market, or the like, as in the western U.S.
  • sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
  • send up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
  • send-up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
  • shin up — If you shin up a tree or a pole, you climb it quickly and easily, using your hands and legs to grip it.
  • sign up — a token; indication.
  • sign-up — an act or instance of signing up.
  • signups — an act or instance of signing up.
  • skin up — to roll (a cannabis cigarette)
  • snap up — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
  • soupcon — a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
  • soupfin — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • spandau — a district of Berlin, in E Germany: site of prison for Nazi war criminals.
  • spelunk — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
  • spinous — covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
  • spinout — a spinning slide or skid by a motor vehicle that is out of control
  • spinule — a small spine.
  • spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
  • spumone — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
  • spumoni — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
  • spunkie — a will-o'-the-wisp.
  • spur on — encourage
  • spurned — to reject with disdain; scorn.
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