10-letter words containing l, i, t, p, r, o
- lipotropic — having an affinity for lipids and thus preventing or correcting excess accumulation of fat in the liver.
- lipotropin — a large polypeptide of the pituitary gland from which endorphins and other endogenous opiates are thought to derive.
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- lithoprint — Now Rare. to lithograph.
- liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- 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.
- multigroup — having or involving several groups
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- multiproxy — Involving multiple proxies.
- multisport — designed or used for a variety of sports.
- 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.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
- parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- partial to — fond of; having a liking for
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- patrilocal — virilocal.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- pleiotropy — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- polycrotic — having multiple beats or peaks
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polyprotic — (of an acid) having two or more transferable protons.
- pool train — a train operating over a track owned by two or more railway companies.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- pot liquor — Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.