6-letter words containing u, p, r
- gulper — A deep-sea eel with very large jaws that open to give an enormous gape and with eyes near the tip of the snout.
- humper — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- hurple — (Scotland) An impediment similar to a limp.
- impure — not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature: impure water and air.
- inpour — (transitive, archaic) To pour in.
- irrupt — to break or burst in suddenly.
- jaipur — a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). Capital: Jaipur.
- japura — a river flowing E from the Andes in SW Colombia through NW Brazil to the Amazon. 1750 miles (2820 km) long.
- jumper — an act or instance of jumping; leap.
- kanpur — a city in S Uttar Pradesh, in N India, on the Ganges River.
- kuiper — Gerard Peter, 1905–73, U.S. astronomer, born in the Netherlands.
- kuprin — Alexander Ivanovich [al-ig-zan-der i-vah-nuh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1938, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- larrup — to beat or thrash.
- lumper — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- markup — Commerce. the amount added by a seller to the cost of a commodity to cover expenses and profit in fixing the selling price. the difference between the cost price and the selling price, computed as a percentage of either the selling price or the cost price. an increase in price, as of a commodity. the amount by which a price is increased.
- mumper — (British, or, obsolete) A beggar.
- murphy — an Irish or white potato.
- nagpur — a city in NE Maharashtra, in central India: former capital of the Central Provinces and Berar.
- nippur — an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city in SE Iraq: partially excavated.
- oupire — A vampire.
- parfum — perfume.
- parula — any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula, especially P. americana (northern parula) having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast.
- parure — a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- pauper — a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- penury — extreme poverty; destitution.
- perdue — hidden; concealed; obscured.
- perdus — hidden; concealed; obscured.
- peruke — a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.
- peruse — to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- perutz — Max Ferdinand, 1914–2002, English chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1962.
- pituri — a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plural — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
- pluri- — denoting several
- porous — full of pores.
- poseur — a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- poured — 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.
- pourer — 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.
- pourie — a jug; pitcher
- pouter — a person who pouts.
- prague — a republic in central Europe: includes the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and part of Silesia; formerly part of Czechoslovakia; independent since 1993. 30,449 sq. mi. (78,864 sq. km). Capital: Prague.
- prebuy — of or pertaining to the advance purchase of a product or service
- precut — cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used: a kit with precut parts.
- prenup — a prenuptial agreement.
- prevue — to view or show beforehand or in advance.
- primus — Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- progun — in favour of the public owning firearms
- proust — Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- pruina — a woolly white covering on some lichens
- pruned — Archaic. to preen.