11-letter words containing d, e, p, l, t, i
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- led printer — (printer) (Or "LED page printer") A printer which is similar in operation to a laser printer, but where an array of LEDs is used in place of the laser.
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lipopeptide — (biochemistry) An organic compound of lipids and peptides.
- lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
- multiplexed — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplex.
- needlepoint — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
- palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
- partialized — to bias.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pedicellate — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentlandite — a mineral, sulfide of nickel, occurring in the form of bronze-colored granular aggregates, found with pyrrhotite: the principal source of nickel.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- permittedly — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
- plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
- plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
- politicized — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- polypeptide — a chain of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds and having a molecular weight of up to about 10,000.
- pot-bellied — a distended or protuberant belly.
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predilected — chosen in preference
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
- public debt — national debt.
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
- speed limit — the maximum speed at which a vehicle is legally permitted to travel, as within a specific area, on a certain road, or under given conditions.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
- thin-lipped — having mean-looking thin lips
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- triple bond — a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.
- triplicated — replicated three times