11-letter words containing a, e, l, u, r
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
- pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- pluriserial — having many series or rows
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
- preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- precultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- puerperally — in a puerperal manner
- pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- purpleheart — the hard, purplish wood of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Peltogyne, of the legume family, used for making furniture.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quadrennial — occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quadripedal — Four-footed.
- quadrupedal — four-footed.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quarrellous — argumentative or given to complaint
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.