6-letter words containing u, l, p
- pileus — Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- pilous — pilose.
- pilpul — a method of disputation among rabbinical scholars regarding the interpretation of Talmudic rules and principles or Scripture that involves the development of careful and often excessively subtle distinctions.
- pilula — pill
- pilule — a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- plaguy — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- plaque — a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- plenum — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plexus — a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- plough — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plucky — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pluffy — puffy or fluffy
- plugin — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- plumed — having or appearing to have a plume or plumes.
- plummy — containing or resembling plums.
- plumpy — plump
- plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- plunky — twanging
- plural — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
- pluri- — denoting several
- pluses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- plushy — of, relating to, or resembling plush.
- pluton — any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- plutus — the Greek god of wealth
- pollux — Greek Polydeuces. Classical Mythology. the brother of Castor. Compare Castor and Pollux.
- populi — the voice of the people; popular opinion. Abbreviation. vox pop.
- potful — the amount that can be held by a pot.
- public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- puckle — a mischievous or evil spirit
- puddle — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- puddly — having puddles
- puebla — a state in S central Mexico. 13,124 sq. mi. (33,990 sq. km).
- pueblo — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- puggle — to stir up by poking
- puglia — Italian name of Apulia.
- puling — whining; whimpering: a puling child.
- pulled — of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork.
- puller — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pullet — a young hen, less than one year old.
- pulley — a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines.
- pullus — a young bird; a chick.
- pulpal — (of a tooth) relating to the pulp
- pulper — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulpit — a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
- pulque — a fermented milky drink made from the juice of certain species of agave in Mexico.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pulser — a machine that produces pulses