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12-letter words containing p, l, e, n, u

  • pollutedness — the state of being polluted
  • polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
  • polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
  • polynucleate — having many nuclei.
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
  • portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
  • pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
  • pre-language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
  • preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
  • prelingually — in a prelingual manner
  • premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
  • public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
  • puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
  • pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • purple heron — an Old World heron, Ardea purpurea, having maroon, buff, and black plumage.
  • put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • reply coupon — a coupon sent with an international letter which can be exchanged for stamps sufficient to send a letter back in reply
  • repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
  • rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
  • run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • sea purslane — a small chenopodiaceous shrub, Halimione portulacoides, of salt marshes in Eurasia and parts of Africa, having oval leaves and inconspicuous flowers
  • seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
  • spinulescent — producing spines
  • spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
  • splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
  • sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
  • stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
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