12-letter words containing l, e, p, t, o
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- imperatorial — Commanding; authoritative.
- implementors — Plural form of implementor.
- impoliteness — not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompletely — not complete; lacking some part.
- incompletion — the state of being incomplete; incompleteness.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interpolator — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- ip telephony — (communications) (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotripter — a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers