10-letter words containing l, a, p, e
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemophilia — any of several X-linked genetic disorders, symptomatic chiefly in males, in which excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hypaethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hyperlapse — Lb photography A form of time-lapse photography where the camera is gradually moved across a long distance, such as down a highway, and a frame is captured at each new position.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hyperplane — a subspace of a vector space that has dimension one less than the dimension of the vector space.
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- ideal type — a construct abstracted from experience in which individual elements are combined to form a whole that is conceptually independent of empirical factors or variables, but against which particular examples of the appropriate class found in life can be measured.
- impactable — Likely to be impacted.
- impairable — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- impalement — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- impalpable — not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
- impaneling — Present participle of impanel.
- impanelled — Simple past tense and past participle of impanel.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impartable — Capable of being imparted.
- impartible — not partible; indivisible.
- impassable — not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable.
- impassible — incapable of suffering pain.
- impeccable — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- impeccably — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- imperially — of, like, or pertaining to an empire.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- impetrable — (obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
- implacable — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.