10-letter words containing t, u, p, l
- petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
- petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- photomural — a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platterful — a heaped plate or platter
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- play up to — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- played out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plentitude — abundance or fullness
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- pleurotomy — surgical incision into the pleura, esp to drain fluid, as in pleurisy
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- ploughgate — a measurement of ploughable land
- plume moth — one of a family (Pterophoridae) of slender-bodied micro moths with narrow wings, each usually divided into two, three, or four "plumes". The type is the white Pterophorus pentadactylus
- plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- pluperfect — Grammar. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portāveram “I had carried.”.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- plus sight — a backsight used in leveling.
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- plutolatry — the worship of wealth or material possessions
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- pollutedly — in a polluted manner
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- postulatum — a postulate
- pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.