6-letter words containing a, l, u
- paucal — a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where a few of their referents are described or referred to
- paul i — died a.d. 767, pope 757–767.
- paul v — (Camillo Borghese) 1552–1621, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1605–21.
- paulin — a tarpaulin
- pilula — pill
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- plaguy — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- plaque — a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plural — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
- puebla — a state in S central Mexico. 13,124 sq. mi. (33,990 sq. km).
- puglia — Italian name of Apulia.
- pulpal — (of a tooth) relating to the pulp
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pultan — (in India) an infantry regiment
- pulwar — a light Indian river boat used for carrying cargo
- puteal — an enclosure around a well
- quails — Plural form of quail.
- qualia — a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- qualms — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
- qualmy — Queasy; nauseous.
- quayle — James Danforth ("Dan") born 1947, vice president of the U.S. 1989–93.
- quelea — any of several African weaverbirds of the genus Quelea, especially Q. quelea (red-billed quelea) noted for its vast flocks that destroy grain crops.
- quezal — quetzal
- rabaul — the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. About 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km). Capital: Rabaul.
- radula — a chitinous band in the mouth of most mollusks, set with numerous, minute, horny teeth and drawn backward and forward over the floor of the mouth in the process of breaking up food.
- raguly — having tooth-like or stub-like projections
- ranula — a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- raucle — bold, rash
- regula — (in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- rehaul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- ritual — an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- rosula — a rosette
- rotula — the kneecap
- rugola — arugula
- rugula — arugula.
- saltus — oscillation (def 5b).
- salugi — a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- saluki — (sometimes lowercase) one of a breed of black and tan, white, gold, or tricolor dogs resembling the greyhound and having fringes of long hair on the ears, legs, and thighs, raised originally in Egypt and southwestern Asia.
- salute — Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
- salyut — one of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting space stations, first launched in 1971.
- samuel — a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- sapful — full of sap
- saulie — a hired professional mourner at a funeral
- saurel — any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- saxaul — an Asian shrub with spongy bark and small leaves, Holoxylon Ammodendron
- scutal — of or relating to a scute
- setula — a short, blunt seta.
- sexual — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.