9-letter words containing p, u, d, l
- guildship — guild (defs 1, 2).
- gulp down — food, drink: swallow quickly
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- impundulu — a mythical bird associated with witchcraft, frequently manifested as the secretary bird
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- lippitude — the state of having bleary or sore eyes
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- lucky dip — game: picking out random prize
- mud-flaps — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- nauplioid — of or relating to the first stage in the development of a freshly hatched nauplius larva
- nonplused — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonpulsed — Not pulsed.
- outplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outplay.
- palladium — a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Symbol: Pd; atomic weight: 106.4; atomic number: 46; specific gravity: 12 at 20°C.
- palladous — of or containing bivalent palladium.
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pediculus — a louse
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- penduline — (of a bird's nest) hanging; resembling a pendant
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- pilsudski — Józef [yoo-zef] /ˈyu zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1867–1935, Polish marshal and statesman: president 1918–22; premier 1926–28, 1930.
- planuloid — relating to a planula
- plateaued — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- plum duff — a duff containing raisins.
- plumdamas — a damson plum or prune
- plummeted — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.