8-letter words containing u, s, p
- purseful — an amount which can be contained in a purse
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- 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.
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- push off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pusslike — resembling a puss
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- quippish — involving or characterized by quips
- 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.
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- sap bush — sugarbush (def 2).
- saporous — full of flavor or taste; flavorful.
- sapucaia — a Brazilian tree of the genus Lecythis
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- 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.
- scale up — increase in size
- 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.
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- scoop up — lift, pick up
- scoopful — the amount that a scoop can hold.
- 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.