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11-letter words containing p, u, r, l

  • nonpurulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
  • nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
  • nuclear sap — karyolymph
  • nulliparity — a woman who has never borne a child.
  • nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
  • numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
  • operculated — relating to the operculum
  • opportunely — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
  • optocoupler — An optoisolator.
  • outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
  • panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
  • parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
  • paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
  • 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.
  • pasteurella — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.
  • pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
  • pastureless — without pasture, free of pasture
  • paul revere — Paul, 1735–1818, American silversmith and patriot, famous for his night horseback ride, April 18, 1775, to warn Massachusetts colonists of the coming of British troops.
  • 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.
  • peel rubber — to accelerate an automobile very rapidly, as in a drag race
  • pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
  • pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
  • perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perduellion — high treason
  • perfumeless — without perfume; not perfumed or wearing perfume
  • 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.
  • perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
  • perpetuable — able to be perpetuated
  • perpetually — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
  • persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
  • persulfuric — denoting a type of acid
  • persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
  • perturbable — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • perturbedly — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
  • petrol pump — a device at a filling station that is used to deliver petrol to the tank of a car and which displays the quantity, quality, and usually the cost of the petrol delivered
  • piacularity — the state of being piacular
  • pill pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
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