9-letter words containing r, u, l, e
- outlustre — (poetic, transitive) To surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outtravel — (transitive) To exceed in speed or distance travelled.
- overbuild — to erect too many buildings in (an area).
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- overcloud — to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- overflush — too flush
- overlusty — too lusty
- overruler — someone who overrules another
- overvalue — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- par value — face value (def 1).
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
- prelature — the office of a prelate.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prelusory — introductory.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- prepueblo — belonging to the period before the Pueblo Indians
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.