11-letter words containing u, r, i, e, l
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- pull hitter — a batter who tends to hit the ball to the same side of the field as that on which he or she stands at home plate.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
- purple wire — (jargon, hardware) Wire installed by IBM Field Engineers to work around problems discovered during testing or debugging. These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently the case) they are yellow. Compare blue wire, yellow wire, and red wire.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quadrennial — occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quadripedal — Four-footed.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- quiveringly — While quivering, or as if quivering.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- ratatouille — a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
- rebuildable — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- reclusively — in a reclusive manner, as or like a recluse; reclusely
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
- recurringly — occurring or appearing again.
- recursively — pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reductively — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
- relicensure — the process of being licensed again to practise a particular profession
- relief fund — a fund of money set up to provide aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance