11-letter words containing e, p, l, u, r, i
- peculiarize — to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- perduellion — high treason
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perinuclear — situated near or occurring around the nucleus.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perithelium — the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
- persulfuric — denoting a type of acid
- pill pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- pill-pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
- pluriserial — having many series or rows
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- 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.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- pull hitter — a batter who tends to hit the ball to the same side of the field as that on which he or she stands at home plate.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
- purple wire — (jargon, hardware) Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quadripedal — Four-footed.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- republisher — a person who republishes
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.