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10-letter words containing p, i, l, a, u

  • pasquilant — the writer of a pasquinade
  • patibulary — of or relating to a gallows or an execution
  • peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
  • peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
  • pediculate — of or related to the Pediculati, a group of teleost fishes, characterized by the elongated base of their pectoral fins, simulating an arm or peduncle.
  • pedipalpus — the second paired appendage in Arachnida
  • pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
  • peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
  • perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
  • picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
  • plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
  • plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
  • plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
  • plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
  • plauditory — approving or laudatory
  • play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
  • pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
  • plenilunar — relating to a full moon
  • plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
  • plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
  • pluriaxial — having several axes; specif., having flowers on secondary shoots
  • pollaiuolo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1429–98, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith.
  • 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.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
  • prenuptial — before marriage.
  • prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • public act — public law (def 1).
  • public bar — (in a tavern or pub) the common section of a bar or barroom, not as exclusive, as quiet, or as comfortably furnished as the saloon section.
  • public law — Also called public act, public statute. a law or statute of a general character that applies to the people of a whole state or nation.
  • pull media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".
  • punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
  • pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
  • putatively — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
  • quadriplex — A building divided into four self-contained residences.
  • quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
  • republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
  • scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
  • slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
  • spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
  • spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
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