10-letter words containing e, l, p
- crawlspace — (in a building) an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, storage, etc.
- cream pail — an open bowl of silver having a ladle or spoon for serving cream.
- creepingly — in a creeping manner
- crepe sole — a shoe sole made of crepe rubber
- crepuscule — twilight; dusk
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- culdoscope — an endoscope used in a medical examination of the ovary, uterus, etc., inserted through the upper vaginal wall into the pelvic cavity
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- curl paper — a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl
- cycle clip — a ring of taut metal that fits on a person's ankles to hold trouser bottoms tight and prevent them getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- cycle path — A cycle path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- cycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- cyclopedic — like a cyclopedia in character or contents; broad and varied; exhaustive.
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- d particle — D meson.
- dall sheep — a wild sheep (Ovis dalli) with white hair and long spiral horns, living in the mountains of NW North America
- dasypaedal — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) having a covering of down
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- de lesseps — Vicomte Ferdinand Marie (fɛrdinɑ̃ mari). 1805–94, French diplomat: directed the construction of the Suez Canal (1859–69) and the unsuccessful first attempt to build the Panama Canal (1881–89)
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- deathplace — the place at which a person dies: Lincoln is buried in Illinois, but his deathplace was Washington, D.C.
- deceiptful — Obsolete form of deceitful.
- deceptable — Vulnerable to deception.
- deceptible — capable of being deceived
- deck plate — a purlin plate at the edge of a deck.
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- decrepitly — In a decrepit way.
- deemployed — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- deep clean — an exceptionally intense cleaning process
- deep floor — any of the floors toward the ends of a vessel, deeper than those of standard depth amidships.
- delipidate — To remove the lipids from.
- delphinine — a poisonous, white, crystalline alkaloid, C33H45NO9, found in the seeds of certain larkspurs
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- deoppilate — to remove obstructions (from)
- dependable — If you say that someone or something is dependable, you approve of them because you feel that you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly, or do what you need them to do.
- dependably — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
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- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depletable — to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
- depletions — Plural form of depletion.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- deployment — The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.