8-letter words containing u, n, p
- pudibund — prudish or shameful
- pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.
- pug nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- pug-nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- pulicene — flea-ridden
- pulingly — in a complaining manner
- pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
- pulmonic — pulmonary.
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- pulvinus — Botany. a cushionlike swelling at the base of a leaf or leaflet, at the point of junction with the axis.
- pump gun — a shotgun or rifle having a pump-action mechanism.
- pumpking — pumpkin
- punaluan — relating to punalua
- punch in — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch up — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-up — punch-out (def 2).
- punchbag — A punchbag is a heavy leather bag, filled with a firm material, that hangs on a rope. Punchbags are used by boxers and other sportsmen for exercise and training.
- puncheon — a heavy slab of timber, roughly dressed, for use as a floorboard.
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- punching — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- 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.
- pundonor — a point of honour
- pungency — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
- puniness — puny quality or condition
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- 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.
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purfling — to finish with an ornamental border.
- 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.
- 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.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- 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.