8-letter words containing pu
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- mudpuppy — any of several often large, aquatic salamanders of the genus Necturus, of eastern North America, having bushy, red gills and well-developed limbs.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- oil pump — An oil pump is a pump that sends lubricating oil under pressure to the bearings and other lubricated surfaces of an engine.
- oppugned — Simple past tense and past participle of oppugn.
- oppugner — Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- opus dei — an international Roman Catholic organization of lay people and priests founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer (1902–75), with the aim of spreading Christian principles
- opuscule — a small or minor work.
- outpunch — to punch better than
- overpump — to pump too much so as to deplete
- papulose — having papules
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- populism — the political philosophy of the People's party.
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- populous — full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- pub date — publication date.
- pub food — food served in a pub
- pub grub — food served in a pub
- pub quiz — a quiz, often a regular event, held in a pub
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
- publicly — by the state
- publics' — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- pucallpa — a city in E Peru, on the Ucayali River.
- pucelage — virginity
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- puck hog — a player who is reluctant to pass the puck to other members of his or her team
- puckered — a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- puckerer — a person who puckers
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- puddling — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- pudendum — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
- pudibund — prudish or shameful
- pudicity — modesty; chastity
- pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.
- puerpera — a woman who has recently given birth to a child.
- puff out — swell, inflate with air
- puffball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
- puffbird — any of several tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, related to the barbets, having a large head with the feathers often fluffed out.
- pug mill — a mill for grinding and mixing materials, as clay or the ingredients of cement, to a desired condition.
- pug nose — a short, broad, somewhat turned-up nose.