11-letter words containing p, u, s, l
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- plant louse — aphid.
- plasmapause — the boundary of the plasmasphere, where the particle density decreases very rapidly.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- play possum — opossum.
- playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
- pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- pluralistic — 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.
- pluriserial — having many series or rows
- plutologist — a person who has expertise in plutology
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polyonymous — having or known by several or many names.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphonous — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
- pompelmouse — a large citrus fruit
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- pre-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.