8-letter words containing u, n, p
- plan out — organize in detail
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- planuria — an expulsion of urine from an abnormal opening
- 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.
- plugging — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- plumb in — When someone plumbs in a device such as a washing machine, toilet, or bath, they connect it to the water and waste pipes in a building.
- plumbing — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plunging — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
- 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.
- polonium — a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- 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.
- pouching — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- pound on — bang on
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
- preunion — a meeting in advance of a permanent union
- preunite — to unite in advance
- preussen — German name of Prussia.
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- pronotum — the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- propound — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- proudhon — Pierre Joseph [pyer zhaw-zef] /pyɛr ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1809–65, French socialist and writer.
- prounion — the act of uniting two or more things.
- prud'hon — Pierre Paul [pyer pawl] /pyɛr pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Pierre Prudon) 1758–1823, French painter.
- prudence — a female given name.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- prunella — a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
- prunelle — a sweet, brown, French liqueur distilled from plums.
- prurient — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
- publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
- puddling — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- pudendum — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.