9-letter words containing a, p, u, l, e
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- pluggable — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
- prelature — the office of a prelate.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- puerperal — of or relating to a woman in childbirth.
- pullulate — to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- 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
- pupillate — having a spot of a different colour in the middle
- pure land — a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida) whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.
- purgeable — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- purpureal — having a purple colour
- pursuable — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- quadruple — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- reperusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- saddle up — horse: put a saddle on
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.