18-letter words containing l, o, p, a, e

sleeping policeman — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to deter motorists from speeding
slow on the uptake — slow to understand or learn
slow-motion replay — a showing again in slow motion of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens
small pastern bone — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
soda-lime feldspar — plagioclase.
software backplane — (programming, tool) A CASE framework from Atherton.
solitary sandpiper — a North American sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, of inland wetlands, having a brownish-gray, white-spotted back and whitish underparts.
speak for yourself — If you say 'Speak for yourself' when someone has said something, you mean that what they have said is only their opinion or applies only to them.
special collection — a collection of materials segregated from a general library collection according to form, subject, age, condition, rarity, source, or value.
special prosecutor — (formerly) an independent counsel.
spectroheliography — the process of obtaining an image of the sun in light of a particular wavelength, such as calcium or hydrogen, showing the distribution of the element over the surface and in the solar atmosphere, using a spectroheliograph
spectropolarimeter — an instrument for determining the extent to which plane-polarized light of various wavelengths is rotated by certain solutions, consisting of a combination of a spectroscope and a polarimeter.
spectropolariscope — an instrument combining the functions of a spectroscope with those of a polariscope.
spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
spotted flycatcher — a European woodland songbird, Muscicapa striata, with a greyish-brown streaked plumage: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)
stepping-off place — jumping-off place (def 2).
subatomic particle — physics:
super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
super royal octavo — a book size, 63⁄4 by 101⁄4 inches
super royal quarto — a book size, 101⁄4 by 131⁄2 inches
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
talent competition — a contest in which people compete by showcasing their talents, for example in singing, dancing, acrobatics, etc
telephone exchange — a telecommunications facility to which subscribers' telephones connect, that switches calls among subscribers or to other exchanges for further routing.
television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
the lords temporal — (in Britain) peers other than bishops in their capacity as members of the House of Lords
the palmetto state — a nickname for South Carolina
the-cocktail-party — a play in verse (1950) by T. S. Eliot.
to all appearances — apparently
to fall into place — If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
to hold your peace — If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say.
to learn the ropes — If you are learning the ropes, you are learning how a particular task or job is done.
to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
to play favourites — to display favouritism
to pull a fast one — If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
to take the plunge — If you take the plunge, you decide to do something that you consider difficult or risky.
traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
up someone's alley — suited to someone's tastes or abilities
up to the eyeballs — You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree.
upper palaeolithic — the latest of the three periods of the Palaeolithic, beginning about 40 000 bc and ending, in Europe, about 12 000 bc: characterized by the emergence of modern man, Homo sapiens
upper partial tone — overtone (def 1).
wattless component — Electricity. reactive component.
white-spotted hyla — a type of tree frog (H. leucophyllata) of tropical America
wild passionflower — the maypop, Passiflora incarnata.
wildlife programme — (esp on television) a documentary whose subject is wild animals in their natural habitat or undomesticated fauna and flora generally

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