12-letter words containing l, e, t, r, p, s
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- entoplastral — relating to an entoplastron
- entoplastron — the median plate of a turtle's plastron
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- ergastoplasm — endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- extrapolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrapolate.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- 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
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- hotelkeepers — Plural form of hotelkeeper.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- imperialists — Plural form of imperialist.
- implementers — Plural form of implementer.
- implementors — Plural form of implementor.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- interlisp-10 — An Interlisp with shallow binding.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interspatial — a space between things.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspersal — Interspersion.
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lateral pass — a short pass thrown or tossed parallel to the line of scrimmage or slightly backward from the position of the passer.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- 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.
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life