10-letter words containing a, c, u, l
- operculate — having an operculum.
- oracularly — In an oracular manner.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- orichalcum — a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- outbalance — to outweigh.
- outclassed — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outclasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outclass.
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- oxycalcium — pertaining to or produced by oxygen and calcium.
- palm court — a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- peacefully — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pediculate — of or related to the Pediculati, a group of teleost fishes, characterized by the elongated base of their pectoral fins, simulating an arm or peduncle.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- perceptual — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- play-lunch — a schoolchild's mid-morning snack
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- procedural — procedural language
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procurable — obtainable.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- public act — public law (def 1).
- public bar — (in a tavern or pub) the common section of a bar or barroom, not as exclusive, as quiet, or as comfortably furnished as the saloon section.
- public law — Also called public act, public statute. a law or statute of a general character that applies to the people of a whole state or nation.
- pulp canal — root canal.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- punctually — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- punctulate — studded with minute points or dots.