8-letter words containing u, p, i
- plaguing — an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
- plainful — sad and mournful
- 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.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plausive — applauding.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- 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.
- plumbism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumiped — a bird with feathered feet
- plumpish — somewhat plump; tending to plumpness.
- 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.
- plushily — in a plush manner
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- pluvious — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- po chu-i — a.d. 772–846, Chinese poet.
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- 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.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- pompidou — Georges Jean Raymond [zhawrzh zhahn rey-mawn] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑ̃ reɪˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1911–74, French political leader: prime minister 1962–68; president 1969–74.
- pop quiz — impromptu test
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- posticum — epinaos.
- 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.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- pozzuoli — a seaport in SW Italy, near Naples: Roman ruins.
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- precieux — (of a man) overly fastidious or refined; precious; affected.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.