10-letter words containing u, l, t, i
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- outqualify — (sports) To qualify in a higher position than another.
- outrightly — Outright.
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- outsailing — Present participle of outsail.
- outselling — Present participle of outsell.
- outvillain — to outdo in villainy
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- papulation — the formation or development of papules
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- pasquilant — the writer of a pasquinade
- patibulary — of or relating to a gallows or an execution
- peanut oil — a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
- pediculate — of or related to the Pediculati, a group of teleost fishes, characterized by the elongated base of their pectoral fins, simulating an arm or peduncle.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- plentitude — abundance or fullness
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plummeting — 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.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- plus sight — a backsight used in leveling.
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- public act — public law (def 1).
- pugilistic — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- punch list — a list of unfinished matters that require attention.
- punitively — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- puppetlike — resembling a puppet