11-letter words containing lu
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
- pi-calculus — (theory) A process algebra in which channel names can act both as transmission medium and as transmitted data. Its basic atomic actions are individual point to point communications which are nondeterministically selected and globally sequentialised.
- place value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- place-value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- plum tomato — an egg-shaped or oblong variety of tomato.
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
- plunge pool — the water in a plunge basin.
- pluralistic — 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.
- pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
- pluriserial — having many series or rows
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- plutologist — a person who has expertise in plutology
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- podophyllum — the dried rhizome of the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, from which podophyllin is derived.
- pore volume — The pore volume is the total volume of very small openings in a bed of adsorbent particles.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- pullulation — to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- re-evaluate — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- recluseness — the fact or condition of being solitary or recluse; reclusion
- reclusively — in a reclusive manner, as or like a recluse; reclusely
- reevaluated — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
- reluctantly — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- reluctivity — the tendency of a magnetic circuit to conduct magnetic flux, equal to the reciprocal of the permeability of the circuit.
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- revaluating — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- revaluation — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- saint lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- salutations — the act of saluting.
- scottsbluff — a city in W Nebraska, on the North Platte River.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse