8-letter words containing ul
- pullover — Also called slipover. a garment, especially a sweater, that must be drawn over the head to be put on.
- pulmonic — pulmonary.
- pulmotor — an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
- pulpally — involving the pulp of a tooth
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- pulpiter — a preacher
- pulpitry — the art of delivering sermons
- pulpitum — (in many cathedrals and large churches) a stone screen which divides the nave and the choir, often supporting a gallery or loft
- pulpless — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulpmill — a mill making pulp for paper
- pulpwood — spruce or other soft wood suitable for making paper.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- pulsific — causing the pulse to increase
- pulvilio — a perfumed powder
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- pulvinus — Botany. a cushionlike swelling at the base of a leaf or leaflet, at the point of junction with the axis.
- punctule — a very small opening
- purseful — an amount which can be contained in a purse
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- rap full — (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- reguline — of, relating to, or of the nature of, a regulus.
- regulize — to separate (ore) into regulus and pure metal
- rehauled — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resulted — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- revulsed — affected by revulsion.
- ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- rightful — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- rio azul — an archaeological site in the jungles of northern Guatemala, where a 1500-year-old painted Mayan tomb was discovered intact in 1984.
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- rouleaux — a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
- roulette — a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
- ruefully — causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable: a rueful plight.
- rugulose — finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.
- rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- ruleless — being without rule or law.
- sabulous — sandy; gritty.
- saccular — having the form of a sac.
- sacculus — a saccule.
- saeculum — an age in astronomy
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.