12-letter words containing p, u, i, l, s
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- periselenium — the closest point of the orbit of a spacecraft to the moon
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- perpetualist — someone who holds to any form of perpetualism
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- photophilous — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
- pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain