8-letter words containing u, p, i, n
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- preunion — a meeting in advance of a permanent union
- preunite — to unite in advance
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- prounion — the act of uniting two or more things.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- 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.
- 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.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- pulicene — flea-ridden
- pulingly — in a complaining manner
- 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.
- pumpking — pumpkin
- punch in — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- punching — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- punditic — of or relating to pundits
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- 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.
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- 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.
- pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- puzzling — confusing or baffling: a puzzling answer.
- quipping — a clever or witty remark or comment.