9-letter words containing u, l, r
- 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
- plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- popularly — by the people as a whole; generally; widely: a fictitious story popularly accepted as true.
- portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- 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
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- 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.
- prolabour — favouring an organized labour movement
- prolapsus — prolapse.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- prolusory — serving for prolusion.
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- propulsor — something that provides propulsion; a propeller
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- pub crawl — visit to a series of bars
- pub-crawl — to have drinks at one bar after another.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
- puerperal — of or relating to a woman in childbirth.