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

  • antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
  • apathetically — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
  • aperiodically — In an aperiodic way.
  • apheliotropic — growing in a direction away from the sunlight
  • apicoalveolar — articulated with the tip of the tongue in contact with or in approximation to the alveolar ridge.
  • apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
  • apologeticism — An instance of the use of apologetics.
  • apophlegmatic — having the ability to remove phlegm
  • apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
  • apostolic age — the earliest period of Christianity, lasting through the death of the last apostle.
  • apostolic see — the see of the pope regarded as the successor to Saint Peter
  • appealability — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
  • appealingness — the quality of being appealing
  • appellatively — (grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
  • appendiculate — having appendicles
  • apple fritter — a piece of apple covered in batter and deep fried
  • apple-pie bed — a way of making a bed so as to prevent the person from entering it
  • applicatively — In an applicative manner.
  • apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
  • appreciatable — (chiefly,esthetics) That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
  • apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
  • apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
  • appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
  • april showers — showers falling in April, generally considered a showery month
  • archipelagoes — Plural form of archipelago.
  • aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
  • ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
  • aspergillosis — a rare fungal infection, esp of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
  • astroparticle — (astrophysics) A subatomic particle of cosmic origin.
  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atypicalities — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
  • barley stripe — a disease of barley, characterized by blighted heads and chlorotic, brown, or frayed stripes on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Helminthosporium gramineum.
  • barred spiral — a spiral galaxy in which the arms originate at the ends of a bar-shaped nucleus
  • base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
  • basic plumage — the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
  • beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
  • bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
  • bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • beta particle — a high-speed electron or positron emitted by a nucleus during radioactive decay or nuclear fission
  • bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
  • biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
  • bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
  • bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
  • bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
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