12-letter words containing a, p, u, l, e
- funeral pyre — bonfire for cremation
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- great plague — the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- hypertextual — Of or relating to hypertext.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- imputatively — In an imputative fashion or manner.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- luteal phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, lasting about two weeks, from ovulation to the beginning of the next menstrual flow.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mantle plume — plume (def 10).
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.