10-letter words containing l, e, t, r, p
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- inexpertly — not expert; unskilled.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- 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.
- interplant — to plant (a crop) among another crop, or to plant (land) with a variety of crops
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- interplead — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- intraplate — (geology) Taking place within a single tectonic plate.
- intrepidly — In an intrepid manner; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely.
- j particle — an early name for the J/psi particle.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
- lapse rate — the rate of decrease of atmospheric temperature with increase of elevation vertically above a given location.
- lapstrakes — Plural form of lapstrake.
- laser trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- 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.
- let it rip — If you let it rip, you do something forcefully and without trying to control yourself.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- list price — the price at which a product is usually sold to the public and from which a trade discount is computed by a wholesaler.
- liver pâté — pâté made from minced liver meat
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- livescript — JavaScript
- map turtle — any of several aquatic turtles of the genus Graptemys, as G. geographica, of the eastern and central U.S., usually having yellow stripes on the head and neck.
- marprelate — Martin, the pen name of the anonymous author or authors of a series of satirical Puritan tracts (1588–89), attacking the bishops of the Church of England
- masterplan — a general plan or program for achieving an objective.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metoprolol — a beta blocker, C 1 5 H 2 5 NO 3 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
- montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multiplier — a person or thing that multiplies.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
- north pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- palaestral — relating to the palaestra