9-letter words containing u, l, p
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plausibly — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plaustral — relating to wagons
- play upon — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- playfully — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
- playhouse — a theater.
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleasurer — a person who seeks pleasure
- pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilune — a full moon
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- 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.
- plightful — filled with distress
- plough on — If you plough on, you continue moving or trying to complete something, even though it takes a lot of effort to go on.
- plough up — If someone ploughs up an area of land, they plough it, usually in order to turn it into land used for growing crops.
- ploughboy — a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
- ploughing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- plug away — keep working on sth
- plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
- plug-ugly — a ruffian; rowdy; tough.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- 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.
- plum duff — a duff containing raisins.
- plumb bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumb-bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- 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.
- plumdamas — a damson plum or prune
- 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.
- plump for — to drop or fall heavily or suddenly; come down abruptly or with direct impact.
- 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.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plurality — the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).
- 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
- plus sign — the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.
- plus size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.