11-letter words containing l, i, t, u, r
- 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.
- piacularity — the state of being piacular
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- 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.
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prolocution — an introductory remark or speech
- prolocutrix — a female prolocutor
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- 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
- pupillarity — the period between birth and puberty, or until attaining majority.
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quadratical — (rare) quadratic.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- ratatouille — a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
- recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reductively — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- reluctivity — the tendency of a magnetic circuit to conduct magnetic flux, equal to the reciprocal of the permeability of the circuit.
- requiteless — without requital; unrequited
- restimulate — to stimulate again, reactivate