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13-letter words containing l, e, p, i, d

  • latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
  • lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
  • lipid bilayer — a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
  • little dipper — the group of seven bright stars in Ursa Minor resembling a dipper in outline.
  • loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphoid cell — a cell in the lymph glands that produces leukocytes.
  • mail exploder — (messaging)   Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
  • middle temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • multimedia pc — multimedia
  • multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
  • nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
  • non-depletion — 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.
  • nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • oligopeptides — Plural form of oligopeptide.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
  • palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
  • pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
  • pattern-drill — (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
  • pedicellariae — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • pendente lite — during litigation; while a suit is in progress.
  • pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
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