11-letter words containing l, e, t, i, r, p
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- hospitaller — 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.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- imperatival — of, relating to, or characteristic of the grammatical imperative.
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperialist — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperiality — the state of being imperial
- imperilment — to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- implementer — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- implementor — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- import levy — a charge imposed on imported goods to raise the price to as least as high as the price would be in the country the goods are being imported to
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interlisp-d — Xerox's Interlisp with deep binding.
- interlopers — Plural form of interloper.
- interloping — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interpolate — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interseptal — situated between septa.
- interspinal — interspinous
- intersplice — (transitive) To splice between; to intercut (e.g. a scene in a film).
- ipsilateral — pertaining to, situated on, or affecting the same side of the body: ipsilateral paralysis.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
- kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
- large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- led printer — (printer) (Or "LED page printer") A printer which is similar in operation to a laser printer, but where an array of LEDs is used in place of the laser.
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- let her rip — to go ahead; continue without restraint
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- light opera — operetta.
- linear type — 1. (theory, programming) An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
- lipoprotein — any of the class of proteins that contain a lipid combined with a simple protein.
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.