9-letter words containing a, l, i, u
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- pluripara — a woman or other mammal who has borne more than one child
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulvillar — of or relating to a pulvillus
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- pupillage — the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
- pupillary — pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
- pupillate — having a spot of a different colour in the middle
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- quadrille — a card game played by four persons.
- quakingly — In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- qualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
- qualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of qualify.
- qualitied — possessing a quality or qualities
- qualities — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- quantical — relating to quantics
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- quantrill — William Clarke, 1837–65, Confederate guerrilla leader.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- quillback — a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.
- quinellas — Plural form of quinella.
- quinoidal — of or resembling quinone.
- quitclaim — a transfer of all one's interest, as in a parcel of real estate, especially without a warranty of title.
- quizzical — odd, queer, or comical.
- radicular — Botany. of or relating to a radicle or root.
- rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
- realaudio — (tool, communications) A program from Real Media for playing audio over the Internet, and the lossy audio compression format it uses. The system is implemented as a client/server architecture. The RealAudio server incorporates an encoder which compresses sound into RealAudio files. The client side is a web browser plug-in or add-on (a recent version of Internet Explorer apparently has built-in support for RealAudio) which allows the stream of data sent from the server to be uncompressed and output using the normal sound facilities of the computer, such as a sound card. A 14.4 KBps or better modem is required, and a 28.8 KBps connection is recommended for music-quality sound.
- recruital — an act of recruiting
- reliquary — a repository or receptacle for relics.
- reliquiae — remains, as those of fossil organisms.
- requalify — to qualify again
- residuals — payment made to an actor, actress, musician, etc, for subsequent use of film in which the person appears
- reticular — having the form of a net; netlike.
- retinular — of or relating to the retinula
- revictual — to victual or provide with food again
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rib vault — a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- ritualist — a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
- ritualize — to practice ritualism.