11-letter words containing l, u, p
- gang plough — a plough having two or more shares, coulters, and mouldboards designed to work simultaneously
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- go kerplunk — to make a noise when landing on or hitting the bottom of something
- god help us — If you say God help us, you mean that you have negative feelings about the person or situation you are talking about.
- ground loop — a sharp horizontal loop performed, usually involuntarily, while touching the ground.
- ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
- groupuscule — A political or religious splinter group.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- helpfulness — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hispidulous — covered with stiff, short hairs.
- homophilous — Homophilic.
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- idle pulley — a loose pulley made to press or rest on a belt in order to tighten or guide it.
- impactfully — In an impactful fashion.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- implausible — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- implausibly — In an implausible or dubious manner.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
- impulsively — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- impulsivity — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in the lump — in the mass or aggregate; all together
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- incorruptly — Without corruption.
- inculpating — Present participle of inculpate.
- inculpation — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.