8-letter words containing u, p, o
- capuccio — a capuche
- carupano — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- choke up — to block (a drain, pipe, etc) completely
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- clock up — If you clock up a large number or total of things, you reach that number or total.
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- closeups — Plural form of closeup.
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- cockspur — a spur on the leg of a cock
- cocoplum — a tropical shrub, Chrysobalanus icaco
- coked-up — showing the effects of having taken cocaine
- compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
- compulse — to compel
- compunct — (obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
- computed — Calculate or reckon (a figure or amount).
- computer — a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers
- computes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute.
- computor — (obsolete) A person who calculates or computes.
- consumpt — expenditure on goods and services for personal use
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
- corrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt.
- cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- count up — add, total
- couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
- couperus — Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Dutch novelist.
- coupette — a small coupe for serving dessert.
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- couplers — Plural form of coupler.
- couplets — Plural form of couplet.
- coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- couponer — a person who seeks out or saves discount coupons, as for buying grocery items.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
- cross up — to confuse or disorder
- cross-up — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
- croupily — in a croupy manner
- croupous — (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cupreous — of, consisting of, containing, or resembling copper; coppery
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.