8-letter words containing u, s, p
- preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- press-up — push-up.
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
- pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- presumed — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- preussen — German name of Prussia.
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudish — rather proud
- provirus — a viral form that is incorporated into the genetic material of a host cell.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- pruritus — itching.
- prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- pseudish — pretentious
- psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psyllium — fleawort.
- publics' — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- pug nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- pug-nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.
- pugilism — the art or practice of fighting with the fists; boxing.
- pugilist — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- pulpless — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- pulsific — causing the pulse to increase
- pulvinus — Botany. a cushionlike swelling at the base of a leaf or leaflet, at the point of junction with the axis.
- pumpless — having no pump
- puniness — puny quality or condition
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- puppyish — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- puppyism — impudence
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- puristic — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.