11-letter words containing p, u, i, l
- outpolitick — to surpass in politicking
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- papillulate — covered with small papillae
- pari-mutuel — a form of betting and of handling the betting on horse races at racetracks, in which those holding winning tickets divide the total amount bet in proportion to their wagers, less a percentage for the management, taxes, etc.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
- patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- peculiarize — to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
- pelagius ii — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- penicillium — any fungus of the genus Penicillium, certain species of which are used in cheesemaking and as the source of penicillin.
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- perduellion — high treason
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perinuclear — situated near or occurring around the nucleus.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perithelium — the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
- persulfuric — denoting a type of acid
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- physiologus — an ancient Greek book containing stories and tales with moral content about real and mythical animals
- pi-calculus — (theory) A process algebra in which channel names can act both as transmission medium and as transmitted data. Its basic atomic actions are individual point to point communications which are nondeterministically selected and globally sequentialised.
- piacularity — the state of being piacular
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- pill pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- pill-pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pilot study — trial done for research
- piscicolous — (of an organism) living on or in fishes
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- plentifully — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.