7-letter words containing pu
- le-puys — a city in and the capital of Haute-Loire, in central France: cathedral.
- lipuria — the presence of fat in the urine
- luapula — a river in S central Africa, flowing E and N along the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Lake Mweru. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- lupulin — the glandular hairs of the hop, Humulus lupulus, formerly used in medicine as a sedative.
- manipur — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- nampula — a city in E Mozambique.
- occiput — the back part of the head or skull.
- octapus — Misspelling of octopus.
- octopus — any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- oedipus — a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- olympus — Mount, a mountain in NE Greece, on the boundary between Thessaly and Macedonia: mythical abode of the greater Grecian gods. 9730 feet (2966 meters).
- oppugns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppugn.
- opulent — characterized by or exhibiting opulence: an opulent suite.
- opuntia — A cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears.
- opuscle — Obsolete form of opuscule.
- outpull — to exceed in ability to attract an audience, attention, etc.; outdraw: a film that is outpulling every other movie in town.
- outpush — to push out
- outputs — Plural form of output.
- outputt — (golf) to putt better than.
- papulae — one of the small, ciliated projections of the body wall of an echinoderm, serving for respiration and excretion.
- papular — a small, somewhat pointed elevation of the skin, usually inflammatory but nonsuppurative.
- popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- prepuce — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- prepupa — an insect in the nonfeeding, inactive stage between the larval period and the pupal period.
- priapus — Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
- puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- publico — (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.
- publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- puccini — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer.
- puccoon — any of certain plants that yield a red dye, as the bloodroot and certain plants belonging to the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family.
- pucelle — a maid or virgin
- puckery — puckered.
- puckish — mischievous; impish.
- puckout — a free hit from the goal area made by the goalkeeper
- pudding — a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, eggs, a flavoring, and sweetener: tapioca pudding.
- pudency — modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.
- pudenda — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- puerile — of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- puff up — inflate, fill with air
- puffery — undue or exaggerated praise.
- pugaree — pugree.
- pugging — Also called pugmark. a footprint, especially of a game animal.
- puggree — pugree.
- pugmark — pug4 (def 1).
- pukatea — an aromatic New Zealand tree, Laurelia novae-zealandiae, valued for its high-quality timber
- pulaski — a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used especially in clearing land and removing tree stumps.
- pull in — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pull on — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.