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15-letter words containing p, o, l, y, u

  • phenylene group — any of three bivalent, isomeric groups having the formula –C 6 H 4 –, derived from benzene by the removal of two hydrogen atoms.
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
  • plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
  • plymouth colony — the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.
  • policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
  • polyisobutylene — a polymer of isobutylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.
  • polyphemus moth — a large, yellowish-brown American silkworm moth, Antheraea polyphemus, having a prominent eyespot on each hind wing and feeding on cherry, apple, and other trees.
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
  • poststimulatory — following stimulation
  • postulationally — in a postulational manner
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
  • propylene group — the bivalent group −CH(CH 3)CH 2 −, derived from propylene or propane.
  • pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
  • pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
  • pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • public property — Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
  • pulmonary valve — a semilunar valve between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the right ventricle.
  • pusillanimously — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
  • reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
  • spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
  • subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
  • sully-prudhomme — René François Armand [ruh-ney frahn-swa ar-mahn] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa arˈmɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize 1901.
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
  • unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
  • uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
  • uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
  • unpretentiously — without pretension
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