10-letter words containing p, u, i, l, s
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- prolixious — (of speech, music, writing) long-winded; drawn out
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- publicised — 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 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
- punch list — a list of unfinished matters that require attention.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- pursuingly — in a pursuing 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.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- 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
- simplicius — Saint, died a.d. 483, pope 468–483.
- sipunculid — an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.
- slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
- slush pile — a collection of unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.
- soil group — one of a number of soil classes having the same kinds of horizons in the same sequence and under similar moisture and temperature regimes.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- spuriously — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).