8-letter words containing l, e, p, t
- lap belt — (in a motor vehicle) a seat belt secured to the framework of a seat and fastening across the lap of a driver or a passenger.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lappeted — Simple past tense and past participle of lappet.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- let slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lime pit — (in tanning) a pit containing lime in which hides are placed to remove the hair
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- malapert — unbecomingly bold or saucy.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- misspelt — Simple past tense and past participle of misspell.
- multiped — having many feet.
- multiple — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- netsplit — netburp
- nonuplet — One of a group of nine, especially such a multiple birth.
- octopole — (physics) A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- oppilate — to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outsleep — to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- outspell — to surpass at spelling
- overplot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- p-celtic — the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound became a p -sound. Welsh, Breton, Cornish, and Gaulish belong to P-Celtic.
- palatine — of, near, or in the palate; palatal: the palatine bones.
- palestra — a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- palleted — (of the binding of a book) stamped with the name of the binder.
- pallette — palette (def 8).
- palliate — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palmette — a conventionalized shape in the form of palmately spread leaves or sections, used as ornamentation. Compare anthemion, lotus (def 5).
- palmetto — any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- palometa — a pompano, Trachinotus goodei, of tropical and temperate Atlantic seas, having long, tapering fins.