10-letter words containing l, a, p, r, o
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- labor camp — Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- laparocele — (medicine) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- laparotomy — incision through the abdominal wall.
- laserscope — a surgical instrument that employs a laser beam to destroy diseased tissue or to create small channels; used to open clogged arteries and, in ophthalmology, to treat patients with glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leopardess — a female leopard.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- liver opal — a form of opal having a reddish-brown coloration
- logansport — a city in N Indiana, on the Wabash River.
- logographs — Plural form of logograph.
- logography — printing with logotypes.
- look sharp — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- loup-garou — a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- loves park — a town in N Illinois.
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- malapropos — inappropriate; out of place; inopportune; untimely: a malapropos remark.
- marco polo — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), c1254–1324, Venetian traveler.
- melon pear — pepino (def 2).
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- mobe pearl — mabe pearl.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- morse lamp — a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- omeprazole — a drug, C 17 H 19 N 3 O 3 S, that inhibits the formation of gastric acid, used in the treatment of peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.