10-letter words containing p, u, b, l
- pearl blue — a light bluish gray.
- perdurable — very durable; permanent; imperishable.
- permutable — to alter; change.
- 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.
- pine bluff — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- ploughable — able to be ploughed
- plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
- plumb rule — a device for determining perpendicularity, consisting of a narrow board with a plumb line and bob suspended from an upper edge.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- prepuberal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- procurable — obtainable.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- pseudobulb — an enlarged, aboveground portion of stem, present in many tropical orchids, in which moisture is stored.
- puberulent — minutely pubescent.
- 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.
- pull about — to handle roughly
- pulverable — capable of being pulverized; pulverizable.
- punch bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punch-bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- purblindly — in a purblind manner
- puzzle box — an enclosure, used in experiments in animal learning, from which an animal must escape or in which it must manipulate various devices.
- re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- 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.
- semipublic — partly or to some degree public.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- strip club — strip joint.
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subpleural — situated under the pleura.
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- super bowl — the annual championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- supposable — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.