11-letter words containing l, a, p, o, r
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- maple grove — a town in SE Minnesota.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- moon pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the moon, believed to be caused by the reflection of moonlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neuropteral — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
- no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
- nominal par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- noncoplanar — not existing in the same plane
- nonparallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- nonparental — of or relating to a parent.
- nonpersonal — Not personal.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nontemporal — not indicating time
- nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- on approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- opera cloak — a large cloak worn over evening clothes
- opera-lover — someone who likes opera very much
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- optical art — op art.
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- orange peel — outer skin of an orange
- orland park — a town in NE Illinois.
- outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- overplanned — resulting from overplanning
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore