11-letter words containing r, e, p, u, l
- pull hitter — a batter who tends to hit the ball to the same side of the field as that on which he or she stands at home plate.
- pulled pork — of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork.
- pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pulverulent — consisting of dust or fine powder.
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- purple wire — (jargon, hardware) Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
- purpleheart — the hard, purplish wood of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Peltogyne, of the legume family, used for making furniture.
- purportedly — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- purportless — without purport
- purposeless — having no purpose or apparent meaning.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- puzzle over — be mystified by
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quadripedal — Four-footed.
- quadrupedal — four-footed.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- raptureless — without rapture
- recuperable — capable of recuperation
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- republisher — a person who republishes
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- scrupleless — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- subparallel — not quite parallel
- sugar apple — sweetsop.
- sugar maple — any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.
- sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur