12-letter words containing l, e, p, i, d
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- led zeppelin — British rock group (1968–80); comprised Jimmy Page (born 1944), Robert Plant (born 1948), John Paul Jones (born 1946), and John Bonham (1948–80): recordings include Led Zeppelin I (1969), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), and Physical Graffiti (1975)
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- leopoldville — former name of Kinshasa.
- lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
- liopleurodon — Any of the genus Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- live spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- london pride — a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers
- loose-lipped — tending toward indiscriminate and uninhibited talk.
- lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- median plane — a vertical plane that divides an organism into symmetrical halves.
- middle plane — middle distance (def 1).
- middle stump — the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- nondepleting — not depleting
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
- palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
- pale-skinned — having pale skin
- paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls