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

  • larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
  • leprously — In a leprous way.
  • lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
  • limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
  • liquor up — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
  • longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
  • manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
  • marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
  • mu-prolog — (language)   Prolog with "wait" declarations for coroutining, developed by L. Naish of the Univeristy of Melbourne in 1982.
  • multipara — a woman who has borne two or more children, or who is parturient for the second time.
  • multipart — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • multiport — Computers. having more than one port.
  • nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
  • neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
  • nu-prolog — L. Naish, U Melbourne. A Prolog with 'when' declarations, the successor to MU-Prolog. Type-checked. "NU-Prolog Reference Manual - Version 1.3", J.A. Thom et al eds, TR 86/10, U Melbourne (1988). Available (but not free). (See PNU-Prolog). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • nullipara — a woman who has never borne a child.
  • nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
  • opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
  • paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
  • par value — face value (def 1).
  • paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
  • paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
  • paramylum — a polysaccharide occurring as a reserve carbohydrate in the cytoplasm of Euglena
  • parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
  • pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
  • patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
  • pedicular — of or relating to lice.
  • penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
  • permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
  • perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
  • perusable — having the ability to be perused
  • petroleum — oil used for fuel
  • petroleur — a male individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
  • pharsalus — an ancient city in central Greece, in Thessaly: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey 48 b.c.
  • pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
  • plaustral — relating to wagons
  • playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
  • pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
  • pleasurer — a person who seeks pleasure
  • pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
  • pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
  • pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
  • plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
  • plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
  • plump for — to drop or fall heavily or suddenly; come down abruptly or with direct impact.
  • plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
  • pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
  • pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
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