13-letter words containing l, e, p, n
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- fowling piece — a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.
- free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- funemployment — the condition of a person who enjoys being out of work
- galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
- gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- gene splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- gene-splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- gentle-person — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- goat antelope — any of several wild goats with antelopelike features, including the chamois, goral, serow, and Rocky Mountain goat.
- golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grapple plant — a procumbent, thorny plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa.
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypervirulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.