12-letter words containing a, p, e, r, i
- keep it real — avoid affectation
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- lamp trimmer — a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landed price — the price when delivered
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear space — vector space.
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- manila paper — strong, light-brown or buff paper, originally made from Manila hemp but now also from wood pulp substitutes and various other fibers.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- market price — the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
- masterpieces — Plural form of masterpiece.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.