10-letter words containing l, o, u, p
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polysemous — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- pompelmous — pomelo.
- 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.
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- 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
- pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pourparler — an informal preliminary conference.
- powerfully — having or exerting great power or force.
- pozzuolana — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclosure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- procedural — procedural language
- procellous — stormy, as the sea.
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procoelous — describing vertebrae with a concave cranial surface
- procurable — obtainable.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- profluence — abundance
- profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant