8-letter words containing u, p, r, s
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- purtiest — pretty.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- 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.
- reperuse — to peruse again or afresh
- repousse — (of a design) raised in relief by hammering on the reverse side.
- repursue — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- resupine — lying on the back; supine.
- resupply — provide with sth
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- saporous — full of flavor or taste; flavorful.
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- scare up — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
- screw up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw-up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrub up — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scrub-up — an act or instance of scrubbing.
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- scrupler — a person with scruples
- scruples — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- serapeum — a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- soporous — sleepy.
- sourpuss — a person having a grouchy disposition that is often accompanied by a scowling facial expression.
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.