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8-letter words containing u, p, o

  • longjump — jumping contest decided by length
  • longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
  • louse up — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
  • loved-up — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
  • lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
  • mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
  • misproud — unreasonably proud.
  • modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
  • mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
  • morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
  • mount up — accumulate
  • mousepox — ectromelia (def 2).
  • multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
  • myoporum — any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Myoporum, chiefly of Australia and New Zealand, cultivated in warm regions as hedges or ornamentals.
  • neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
  • no-trump — (of a hand, bid, or contract) without a trump suit; noting a bid or contract to be played without naming a trump suit.
  • nontrump — (of a playing card) not of the trump suit
  • nonuplet — One of a group of nine, especially such a multiple birth.
  • northrup — a male given name.
  • notch up — make score marks to count
  • nslookup — (networking)   A Unix utility program, originally by Andrew Cherenson, for querying Internet domain name servers. The basic use is to find the IP address corresponding to a given hostname (or vice versa). By changing the query type (e.g. "set type=CNAME") other types of information can be obtained including CNAME - the canonical name for an alias; HINFO - the host CPU and operating system type; MINFO - mailbox or mail list information; MX - mail exchanger information; NS - the name server for the named zone; PTR - the hostname if the query is an IP address, otherwise the pointer to other information; SOA the domain's start-of-authority information; TXT - text information; UINFO - user information; WKS - supported well-known services. Other types (ANY, AXFR, MB, MD, MF, NULL) are described in RFC 1035.
  • occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
  • occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
  • occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
  • octuples — Plural form of octuple.
  • octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
  • octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
  • offer up — present as a sacrifice
  • oil pump — An oil pump is a pump that sends lubricating oil under pressure to the bearings and other lubricated surfaces of an engine.
  • oom paul — Stephanus Johannes Paulus [ste-fah-nœs yoh-hah-nuh s poh-lœs] /stɛˈfɑ nœs yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈpoʊ lœs/ (Show IPA), ("Oom Paul") 1825–1904, South African statesman: president of the Transvaal 1883–1900.
  • opaquely — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
  • open cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
  • open out — lead to wider area
  • open-cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
  • opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • opinicus — a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
  • opiumism — the addictive use of opium as a stimulant or intoxicant.
  • opossums — Plural form of opossum.
  • oppugned — Simple past tense and past participle of oppugn.
  • oppugner — Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
  • opsonium — any food used as a relish, such as chutney
  • opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
  • opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
  • opus dei — an international Roman Catholic organization of lay people and priests founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer (1902–75), with the aim of spreading Christian principles
  • opuscule — a small or minor work.
  • out-pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • outcaper — to exceed in capering
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