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16-letter words containing a, l, e, p, i, n

  • hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
  • hypoaeolian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E, with the final on A.
  • hypoalimentation — insufficient or inadequate nourishment.
  • impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
  • imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
  • implied warranty — a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).
  • in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
  • in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
  • in plain english — in clear and simple language
  • in quadruplicate — in four identical copies
  • in quintuplicate — in five identical copies
  • in-law apartment — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
  • inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
  • indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
  • inexplicableness — The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
  • inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
  • installment plan — a system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.
  • instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
  • internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
  • interoperability — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
  • interpretability — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • interpretational — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
  • interpretatively — In an interpretative manner.
  • intimate apparel — lingerie (sense 2)
  • isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
  • japanese bobtail — any of a breed of domestic cat, originating in Japan, with a very short, fluffy tail, and a soft, silky coat often in three colors, white, black, and red
  • japanese gelatin — agar (def 1).
  • japanese spaniel — former name of Japanese Chin.
  • laplace equation — the second-order partial differential equation indicating that the Laplace operator operating on a given function results in zero. Compare harmonic (def 4c).
  • large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
  • league champions — the team that has come top of the league
  • leap in the dark — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
  • learner's permit — A learner's permit is a license that allows you to drive a vehicle before you have passed your driving test.
  • learning process — a process of learning
  • led page printer — LED printer
  • left parenthesis — (character)   "(". ASCII character 40. Common names: left paren; left parenthesis; left; open; paren (")" = thesis); open paren; open parenthesis; left parenthesis; left banana. Rare: so (")" = already); lparen; ITU-T: opening parenthesis; open round bracket, left round bracket, INTERCAL: wax (")" = wane); parenthisey (")" = unparenthisey); left ear. Paired with right parenthesis (")").
  • legal separation — judicial separation.
  • leptosporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a single cell, rather than from a group, and normally with specialized explosive spore dispersal
  • lipstick lesbian — a lesbian who is feminine in manner or appearance; a femme.
  • live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
  • lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
  • lower palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
  • lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
  • mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
  • make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
  • malapportionment — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
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