10-letter words containing a, p, e, r, i
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- interspace — a space between things.
- intraphase — (chemistry, physics) Within a phase.
- intraplate — (geology) Taking place within a single tectonic plate.
- ip address — a code that identifies a computer network or a particular computer or other device on a network, consisting of four numbers separated by periods. See also IP.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- j particle — an early name for the J/psi particle.
- jeopardies — Plural form of jeopardy.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- jeopardise — to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.
- jeopardize — to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.
- kaisership — the office of kaiser.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- laid paper — paper with fine parallel and cross lines produced in manufacturing.
- lampadaire — a pedestal of the Empire period for a lamp or candelabrum.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- leadership — 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.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- linear map — (mathematics) (Or "linear transformation") A function from a vector space to a vector space which respects the additive and multiplicative structures of the two: that is, for any two vectors, u, v, in the source vector space and any scalar, k, in the field over which it is a vector space, a linear map f satisfies f(u+kv) = f(u) + kf(v).
- lipizzaner — one of a breed of compact, finely shaped, usually gray or white horses developed at the Austrian Imperial Stud and used generally in dressage exhibitions.
- lippizaner — one of a breed of compact, finely shaped, usually gray or white horses developed at the Austrian Imperial Stud and used generally in dressage exhibitions.
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- liver opal — a form of opal having a reddish-brown coloration
- liver pâté — pâté made from minced liver meat
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- lupercalia — a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- magstripes — Plural form of magstripe.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- mainpernor — a person who gives a guarantee that a prisoner will appear in court
- masspriest — a Roman Catholic priest
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- naperville — a city in NE Illinois.
- near point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- near-point — the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.