15-letter words containing l, e, t, u, p
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
- duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
- duplex printing — a feature of some printers allowing them automatically to do double-sided printing
- duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- edwards plateau — a highland area in SW Texas. 2000–5000 feet (600–1500 meters) high.
- electropuncture — a therapy in which a small electric current is passed through the body via electrodes placed on the skin
- elegiac couplet — a couplet composed of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic pentameter
- eleutherophobia — the fear of freedom
- eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
- entrepreneurial — Characterized by the taking of financial risks in the hope of profit; enterprising.
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- flapping router — (networking) A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
- food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
- fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
- full employment — all of workforce is employed
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- get one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- insulating tape — adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
- interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
- interpopulation — Between populations.
- intrapreneurial — Entrepreneurial within an existing business; describing entrepreneurship within an existing business.
- iranian plateau — a plateau in SW Asia, mostly in Iran, extending from the Tigris to the Indus rivers. 1,000,000 sq. mi. (2,590,000 sq. km).
- jewelers' putty — putty powder.
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- laptop computer — portable computer
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.