10-letter words containing u, n, p, o, l
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plunk down — to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings); twang: to plunk a guitar.
- plus point — an advantage or positive characteristic
- pnu-prolog — A parallel extension of NU-Prolog, implemented as a preproccessor.
- polemonium — a member of the genus Polemonium
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- population — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pozzuolana — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- profluence — abundance
- profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- pull up on — If someone pulls you up on something, they criticize you for something wrong that you have done.
- 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 bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punch-bowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- push along — to go away
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spondylous — relating to a vertebra or vertebrae
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphonium — the hypothetical univalent radical -SH3
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- tau lepton — an unstable lepton with a mass approximately 3500 times that of the electron. Symbol: T.
- uncomplete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- uncoupling — to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.
- undeplored — not hopeless or lamented
- unemployed — not employed; without a job; out of work: an unemployed secretary.
- unexploded — having not exploded
- unexplored — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- unopenable — not capable of being opened
- unoptional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- unperilous — not hazardous or dangerous
- unpillowed — having no pillow or pillows