9-letter words containing u, l, p, a
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- pluripara — a woman or other mammal who has borne more than one child
- plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- pollutant — something that pollutes.
- popularly — by the people as a whole; generally; widely: a fictitious story popularly accepted as true.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- 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
- 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.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- prolabour — favouring an organized labour movement
- prolapsus — prolapse.
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- pub crawl — visit to a series of bars
- pub-crawl — to have drinks at one bar after another.
- puerperal — of or relating to a woman in childbirth.
- puff-ball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
- puftaloon — a fried scone
- pull away — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pull back — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- pull rank — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- pullulate — to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pulvillar — of or relating to a pulvillus
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
- pupillage — the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
- pupillary — pertaining to the pupil of the eye.