8-letter words containing a, p, u
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marry up — to join
- marsupia — Plural form of marsupium.
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- melampus — the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.
- modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- muckheap — Dunghill; dung heap.
- mud flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- mud-flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- nauplial — of or relating to nauplius larva
- nauplius — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- nenuphar — A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- 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.
- oom paul — Stephanus Johannes Paulus [ste-fah-nœs yoh-hah-nuh s poh-lœs] /stɛˈfɑ nœs yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈpoʊ lœs/ (Show IPA), ("Oom Paul") 1825–1904, South African statesman: president of the Transvaal 1883–1900.
- opaquely — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- out-pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outpaint — to exceed in painting
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outspans — Plural form of outspan.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- pace out — If you pace out or pace off a distance, you measure it by walking from one end of it to the other.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- packmule — a mule used to carry goods
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- paduasoy — a slightly corded, strong, rich, silk fabric.
- page out — (storage, architecture) What a paging system does when it copies part of a task's working memory from RAM to swap space on disk.
- pagurian — a hermit crab, especially of the genus Pagurus.
- painture — the art or act of painting
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- palenque — a village in SE Mexico, in Chiapas state: ruins of an ancient Mayan city.
- pally up — to become friends (with)
- paludine — marshy
- paludism — malaria.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes