7-letter words containing u, p, i
- piously — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pipe up — a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- pipeful — a quantity sufficient to fill the bowl of a pipe: a pipeful of tobacco.
- piquant — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
- piquing — to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- piragua — Also, pirogue. a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.
- pirogue — piragua (def 1).
- piss-up — If a group of people have a piss-up, they drink a lot of alcohol.
- pitatus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 50 miles (80 km) in diameter.
- piteous — evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
- pithful — full of pith; pithy; succinct
- pitiful — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- pituita — thick nasal secretion; phlegm
- pituite — mucus
- pius ii — (Enea Silvio de Piccolomini) 1405–64, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1458–64.
- pius iv — (Giovanni Angelo Medici) 1499–1565, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1559–65.
- pius ix — (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) 1792–1878, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1846–78.
- pius vi — (Giovanni Angelo or Giannangelo, Braschi) 1717–99, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1775–99.
- pius xi — (Achille Ratti) 1857–1939, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1922–39.
- pkunzip — (tool, compression) A program to unpack archives created by PKZIP, written by PKWARE, Inc. and released as shareware. Versions exist for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Open VMS. PKUNZIP is no longer distributed, its functions having been incorporated into PKZIP.
- plagium — the crime of kidnapping a child
- plaudit — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plug in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- plug-in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- plumbic — containing lead, especially in the tetravalent state.
- pluming — a feather.
- plumist — a person who makes ornamental plumes
- pluvial — of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy.
- pluvian — a crocodile bird
- porirua — a city in New Zealand, on the North Island just north of Wellington. Pop: 50 600 (2004 est)
- pouilly — a village in central France: known for its wines.
- pouring — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- poussin — Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1594–1655, French painter.
- poutine — a dish of chipped potatoes topped with curd cheese and a tomato-based sauce
- pouting — having the lips sticking out, usually in order to show annoyance or to appear sexually attractive
- premium — a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
- priapus — Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
- primeur — anything (esp fruit or wine) produced early
- primula — primrose (def 1).
- protium — the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- prudish — excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- pruning — Archaic. to preen.
- prurigo — a skin condition characterized by itching papules.
- prussia — a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic Sea and Poland: developed as the chief military power of the Continent, leading the North German Confederation from 1867–71, when the German Empire was established; dissolved in 1947 and divided between East and West Germany, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. Area: (in 1939) 294 081 sq km (113 545 sq miles)
- prussic — of or derived from prussic acid.
- publico — (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.
- publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- puccini — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer.
- puckish — mischievous; impish.