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13-letter words containing a, p, l, e, d

  • lipid bilayer — a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
  • lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • mail exploder — (messaging)   Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
  • maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
  • mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • multimedia pc — multimedia
  • multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
  • non-adaptable — capable of being adapted.
  • nondepletable — not depletable
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nonexpendable — capable of being expended.
  • nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • oak-apple day — (in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
  • old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
  • paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
  • palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
  • pallet loader — A device employing a vertical lift platform for the mechanical loading or unloading of pallets of freight
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
  • paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
  • pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
  • pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
  • passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
  • patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
  • patrol leader — the leader of a division of a troop of Scouts or Guides
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