9-letter words containing e, p, l, u, r
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- petroleur — a male individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleasurer — a person who seeks pleasure
- pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- 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
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- 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.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prelusory — introductory.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- prepueblo — belonging to the period before the Pueblo Indians
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
- puerperal — of or relating to a woman in childbirth.
- pull over — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverize — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
- 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.
- pure line — a uniform strain of organisms that is relatively pure genetically because of continued inbreeding and artificial selection.
- pure lisp — A purely functional language derived from Lisp by excluding any feature which causes side-effects.
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.