9-letter words containing u, p, i, l, e
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- lippitude — the state of having bleary or sore eyes
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lumpiness — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- multiples — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- multiplet — a group of several related spectral lines, usually of nearly the same wavelengths.
- multiplex — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multipole — (physics) Any of a several forms of static or oscillating distributions of charge or magnetization.
- multistep — Involving multiple steps.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- papillule — a mini papilla
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pediculus — a louse
- penduline — (of a bird's nest) hanging; resembling a pendant
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- petiolule — a small petiole, as of a leaflet in a compound leaf.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plenilune — a full moon
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- 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.
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- plus size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plus-size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.