8-letter words containing a, p, u
- chase up — If you chase up something that is needed or needs dealing with, you find it or find out what is being done about it.
- chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- clean-up — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
- clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- crack up — If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill.
- crank up — If you crank up a machine or device, you start it.
- crank-up — an act or instance of cranking up.
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- cupcakes — Plural form of cupcake.
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- dauphine — the wife of a dauphin
- depurant — purifying
- depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- diapause — a period of suspended development and growth accompanied by decreased metabolism in insects and some other animals. It is correlated with seasonal changes
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- dream up — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- durgapur — a city in S West Bengal State, NE India.
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- earplugs — Plural form of earplug.
- earth up — to cover (part of a plant, esp the stem) with soil in order to protect from frost, light, etc
- eaten up — food: finished
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- epaulets — Plural form of epaulet.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- epifauna — animals that live on the seabed surface
- equipage — The equipment for a particular purpose.
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.