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13-letter words containing a, p, r, i, l, s

  • isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
  • kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
  • lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
  • lake superiorLake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lake-superiorLake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • landing strip — airstrip.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • laparoscopies — Plural form of laparoscopy.
  • laparoscopist — One who carries out laparoscopy.
  • laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
  • laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
  • laser printer — Computers. a high-speed printer that uses a laser to form dot-matrix patterns and an electrostatic process to fuse metallic particles to paper a page at a time: capable of producing a variety of character fonts, graphics, and other symbols.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
  • letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
  • leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
  • librarianship — a profession concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers and others with these resources.
  • library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
  • library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
  • louis pasteurLouis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
  • lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
  • macroscopical — Macroscopic.
  • mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
  • malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
  • malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
  • mariposa lily — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
  • maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
  • marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microscopical — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
  • misappraisals — Plural form of misappraisal.
  • multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
  • multipartyism — a political system in which two or more political parties contest elections
  • multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
  • multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • nail clippers — tool for cutting finger- and toenails
  • nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
  • nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
  • necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
  • non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
  • oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
  • overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
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