9-letter words containing u, l, e
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- pluggable — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbless — incapable of being sounded
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plummeted — 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.
- plumpness — well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- plumulose — shaped like a downy feather or plumule.
- 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.
- plus size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plus-size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- pole-jump — pole-vault.
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- 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.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicize — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.