9-letter words containing m, o, l, u
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- plumb bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumb-bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- plump for — to drop or fall heavily or suddenly; come down abruptly or with direct impact.
- plumulose — shaped like a downy feather or plumule.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- plutonomy — the study of economics or the production of wealth
- pole-jump — pole-vault.
- pollinium — an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- pompously — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpotomy — the removal of infected portions of the pulp tissue in a tooth, used as a therapeutic measure to avoid pulpectomy.
- puzzledom — the domain of puzzles
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- remoulade — a cold sauce made with mayonnaise and various condiments and herbs, as chopped pickles, capers, mustard, parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- smell out — dog: detect by sniffing
- snowmould — a fungal disease of soil or grass resulting from snow cover
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- sour milk — milk that has spoiled
- squamosal — Anatomy. of or relating to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sum total — complete numerical total: the sum total of my savings.
- team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- tremulous — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- trifolium — any leguminous plant of the temperate genus Trifolium, having leaves divided into three leaflets and dense heads of small white, yellow, red, or purple flowers: includes the clovers and trefoils
- tullahoma — a city in S Tennessee: summer resort.
- tullamore — the county town of Offaly, Republic of Ireland; food processing and brewing. Pop: 11 098 (2002)
- tumble to — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
- ulmaceous — belonging to the Ulmaceae, the elm family of plants.
- uncle tom — a black person, especially a man, considered by other black people to be subservient to or to curry favor with white people.
- uniformly — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- unmodeled — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- unmovable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- unmovably — immovably
- unmovedly — in an unaffected or unmoved manner
- unwelcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.