10-letter words containing l, e, p, t, o
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- imployment — Obsolete spelling of employment.
- impolitely — In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely.
- importable — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- impotently — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- 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.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- jon postel — (person) (Jonathan Bruce Postel, 1943 - 1998-10-16) /p*-stel'/ One of the Internet's founding fathers. Jon's name is prominent on many of the fundamental standards on which the Internet is built, such as UDP. He ran IANA for as long as anybody could remember, in fact for most of the time he *was* IANA. He wrote STD 1, STD 2 and several dozen other RFCs. His friend Vinton Cerf noted his passing in RFC 2468.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- lactoscope — an optical device for determining the amount of cream in milk.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lake poets — the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century
- lake taupo — a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- lead up to — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lepidolite — a mineral of the mica group, potassium lithium aluminum silicate, commonly occurring in lilac, rose-colored, or whitish scaly masses: an ore of lithium.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- 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.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophile — (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- live up to — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.