10-letter words containing p, i, l, u
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- pubic lice — small parasites that live in pubic hair. They are also found in the armpits and eyebrows
- 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 eye — public attention or notice; limelight: a politician who keeps out of the public eye.
- 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.
- publicised — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- publishers — a publishing company
- publishing — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- pugilistic — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- 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".
- pull wires — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- pulverized — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverizer — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulvilized — sprinkled with pulvil
- pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
- punch line — the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect.
- punch list — a list of unfinished matters that require attention.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- punitively — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- puppetlike — resembling a puppet
- puppy mill — farm where dogs are bred
- purblindly — in a purblind manner
- pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
- pursuingly — in a pursuing manner
- putatively — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- puy lentil — a greyish-green variety of lentil that retains its shape after cooking
- puzzlingly — in a puzzling manner
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- quadriplex — A building divided into four self-contained residences.
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
- quintupled — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuple.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- quintuplet — any group or combination of five, especially of the same kind.
- quintuplex — fivefold; quintuple.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- 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.
- rupicolous — rupestrine.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- 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.
- semipublic — partly or to some degree public.
- setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program