11-letter words containing n, u, l
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- paul bunyan — John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedunculate — having a peduncle.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- penicillium — any fungus of the genus Penicillium, certain species of which are used in cheesemaking and as the source of penicillin.
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- perduellion — high treason
- perinuclear — situated near or occurring around the nucleus.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phlyctenule — a small phlyctena
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- plant louse — aphid.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play truant — be absent from school without permission
- playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- plentifully — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- plott hound — an American hound having a brindled coat, used especially in hunting bears and wild boars.
- plough into — If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
- plunge pool — the water in a plunge basin.
- 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.
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- policy unit — a body of political advisors to the British Prime Minister
- pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
- polonnaruwa — a town in E central Sri Lanka: Buddhist ruins.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polyonymous — having or known by several or many names.
- polyphonous — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.