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11-letter words containing d, i, p, l

  • 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 molding — a bead surrounding the opening of a drawer.
  • 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.
  • lipoic acid — sulphur-containing fatty acid
  • 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.
  • loop window — a tall, narrow window.
  • lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
  • low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
  • lycopodiums — Plural form of lycopodium.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
  • 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.
  • mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
  • milk powder — dry milk.
  • misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
  • mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
  • 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.
  • mpls domain — (networking)   A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
  • multicuspid — (in humans) a tooth with a single projection point or elevation; canine.
  • 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.
  • nodal point — either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
  • old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
  • old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
  • ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
  • overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
  • oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
  • paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
  • paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
  • palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
  • palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
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