8-letter words containing up
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
- occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- offer up — present as a sacrifice
- outgroup — (systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
- owerloup — an encroachment
- pally up — to become friends (with)
- paste-up — mechanical (def 14).
- patch up — an act or instance of patching or repair.
- patch-up — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
- pea soup — a thick soup made from split peas.
- phone up — call on the telephone
- plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
- pluck up — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
- point up — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- power up — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- press-up — push-up.
- prick up — ears: react to sound
- psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- punch up — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-up — punch-out (def 2).
- pup tent — shelter tent.
- puparium — a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
- pupillar — of or relating to a pupil or a legal ward
- puppetry — the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
- puppydom — the state of being a puppy
- puppyish — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- puppyism — impudence
- put upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- put-upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- puyallup — a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian tribe living in the Puget Sound area of Washington.
- queue up — wait in line
- recouped — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- reoccupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- resupine — lying on the back; supine.
- resupply — provide with sth
- reuptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- rough up — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- round up — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.