10-letter words containing n, u, l
- pleno jure — with full authority.
- plentitude — abundance or fullness
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- plugged in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plugged-in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
- plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- plunk down — to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings); twang: to plunk a guitar.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- plushiness — the condition of being plush
- pnu-prolog — A parallel extension of NU-Prolog, implemented as a preproccessor.
- polemonium — a member of the genus Polemonium
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- 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.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pozzuolana — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- 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.
- profluence — abundance
- profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- puberulent — minutely pubescent.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- publishing — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- pull up on — If someone pulls you up on something, they criticize you for something wrong that you have done.
- pulp canal — root canal.