8-letter words containing u, p, i, n
- rapa nui — Easter Island.
- 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.
- resupine — lying on the back; supine.
- sculping — the act of cutting the skin and its adhering fat from the body of a seal.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- sinciput — the forepart of the skull.
- sit-upon — a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- slumping — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- stink up — to cause to stink
- stumping — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- surprint — to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
- think up — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
- train up — If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity.
- trumping — a trumpet.
- tulipant — a turban
- tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- turnspit — a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- uncipher — to decode; decipher
- underlip — the lower lip
- underpin — to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
- undipped — (of a motor vehicle's headlights) not switched from the main beam to a lower beam
- unespied — unnoticed; not seen
- unipolar — Also, homopolar. Physics. having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
- unpained — not suffering pain
- unpaired — not matched
- unpicked — to take out the stitches of (sewing, knitting, etc.).
- unpinked — not decorated with a perforated pattern
- unpitied — not pitied; pitiless
- unpitted — (of fruit) still containing the stone
- unpliant — stubborn, unyielding
- unpoetic — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- unpoised — not poised; unbalanced
- unpoison — to extract poison from
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- unpolite — impolite.