10-letter words containing l, a, p, u
- ploughhead — the draught iron of a plough
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- plug gauge — an accurately machined plug used for checking the diameter of a hole
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- pluriaxial — having several axes; specif., having flowers on secondary shoots
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- plutolatry — the worship of wealth or material possessions
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- pollaiuolo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1429–98, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- popularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- postulatum — a postulate
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pourparler — an informal preliminary conference.
- pozzuolana — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prefuneral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- prepuberal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- procedural — procedural language
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procurable — obtainable.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal