11-letter words containing d, i, p, e
- kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- lead piping — pipes made of lead
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- 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.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- leopold iii — 1901–83, king of Belgium 1934–51 (son of Albert I).
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lipopeptide — (biochemistry) An organic compound of lipids and peptides.
- lis pendens — a pending suit listed on the court docket.
- 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.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyophilized — Simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize.
- madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.
- 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.
- map-reading — the act or skill of interpreting the significance of a geographical map
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- middle loup — a river in central Nebraska, flowing E and SE to join the North Loup and South Loup rivers in forming the Loup River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- midshipmite — (nautical,slang,archaic) A little or petty midshipman.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- milk powder — dry milk.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- mis-shipped — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
- mishappened — Simple past tense and past participle of mishappen.
- mispersuade — to persuade wrongly
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
- misspending — Present participle of misspend.
- mistempered — Simple past tense and past participle of mistemper.
- mixed spice — condiment: seasoning blend
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- monopolised — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolise.
- monopolized — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolize.
- mucopeptide — Peptidoglycan.