8-letter words containing u, t, o
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- point up — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- poop out — to cause to become out of breath or fatigued; exhaust: Climbing that mountain pooped the whole group.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- posticum — epinaos.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pot luck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pour out — liquid: tip from a receptacle
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- pronotum — the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- protrude — to project.
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- puff out — swell, inflate with air
- pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulmotor — an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pump out — emit, produce
- punition — punishment.
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put onto — If you put someone onto something useful, you tell them about it.
- put over — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- put-upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- quaestor — one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- quantong — quandong.
- quatorze — a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.