12-letter words containing l, e, p, r
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- electroscope — An instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- entoplastral — relating to an entoplastron
- entoplastron — the median plate of a turtle's plastron
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- ergastoplasm — endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- experiential — Involving or based on experience and observation.
- experimental — (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- expressively — In an expressive manner.
- extemporally — In an extemporal manner.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrapolate.
- extremophile — A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration.
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- filter paper — porous paper used in filtering.
- filter press — an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped
- fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flameproofer — any agent which renders something flameproof
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- flip-flopper — a person who makes a complete change of policy, opinion, etc
- floor pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- floor sample — an appliance, piece of furniture, or other article of merchandise that has been used for display or demonstration and is usually offered at a reduced price.
- floppy drive — disk drive
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- flower power — Flower power is an old-fashioned way of referring to hippies and the culture associated with hippies in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- flowerpecker — any of numerous small, arboreal, usually brightly colored oscine birds of the family Dicaeidae, of southeastern Asia and Australia.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out