11-letter words containing a, d, e, l, i, p
- displeasing — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
- displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
- displuviate — (of the atrium of an ancient Roman house) having roofs sloping downward and outward from a central opening.
- disposables — Plural form of disposable.
- disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- drop a line — send a message
- duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- edaphically — In terms of soil conditions.
- ellipsoidal — Alternative form of ellipsoid.
- encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
- endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
- espadrilles — Plural form of espadrille.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- glide plane — a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
- ideal point — the point at infinity in projective geometry at which parallel lines intersect.
- inadaptable — lacking the ability to adapt
- index plate — a plate perforated with rows of different numbers of equally spaced holes as a guide for indexing work.
- induplicate — folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- lead piping — pipes made of lead
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
- palladinize — to treat or cover (a surface) with palladium.
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- partialized — to bias.
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.