11-letter words containing a, p, l, u
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
- displuviate — (of the atrium of an ancient Roman house) having roofs sloping downward and outward from a central opening.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- double play — a play in which two putouts are made.
- double tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- dual ported — A term used to describe memory integrated circuits which can be accessed simultaneously via two independent address and data busses. Dual ported memory is often used in video display hardware, especially in conjunction with Video Random Access Memory (VRAM). The two ports allow the video display hardware to read memory to display the contents on screen at the same time as the CPU writes data to other areas of the same memory. In single-ported memory these two processes cannot occur simultanteously, the CPU must wait, thus resulting in slower access times. Cycle stealing is one technique used to avoid this in single-ported video memory.
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicating — Present participle of duplicate.
- duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
- duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- emparlaunce — an act of parleying or conferring
- encapsulate — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- epipetalous — (of stamens) attached to the petals
- episepalous — growing upon a sepal
- epithalamus — A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
- exculpating — Present participle of exculpate.
- exculpation — The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
- exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
- explanandum — That which is to be explained.
- expostulate — Express strong disapproval or disagreement.
- exstipulate — (of a flowering plant) having no stipules
- fault plane — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- funeral pie — a traditional pie made with a black filling of raisins and lemon juice and presented to a bereaved family.
- gallup poll — a representative sampling of public opinion or public awareness concerning a certain subject or issue.
- gang plough — a plough having two or more shares, coulters, and mouldboards designed to work simultaneously
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- impactfully — In an impactful fashion.
- implausible — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- implausibly — In an implausible or dubious manner.