10-letter words containing l, e, p, o, r, i
- improbable — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improperly — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- interloped — Simple past tense and past participle of interlope.
- interloper — a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.
- interlopes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- liver opal — a form of opal having a reddish-brown coloration
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- loup river — a river in E central Nebraska, flowing E to the Platte River. 68 miles (109 km) long.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- millepores — Plural form of millepore.
- milliprobe — an instrument that analyses very small quantities of material
- montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
- morpholine — a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C 4 H 9 NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- 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.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- oleuropein — (organic compound) A complex glycoside, found in the leaves of olive and privet, that may have a beneficial effect on the immune system.
- ombrophile — a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- parabolize — to form as a parabola or paraboloid.
- paralogize — to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.