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11-letter words containing l, p, a, t

  • quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
  • quartz lamp — a lamp consisting of an ultraviolet light source, as mercury vapor, contained in a fused-silica bulb that transmits ultraviolet light with little absorption.
  • raptureless — without rapture
  • rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
  • realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
  • reduplicate — to double; repeat.
  • repatriable — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
  • repeat loop — (programming)   (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C. The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword. In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the condition is false; i = 2 repeat print "Hello" i = i+1 until i>0 See also while loop and for loop.
  • repentantly — repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
  • repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
  • replacement — the act of replacing.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • replicative — characterized by or capable of replication, especially of an experiment.
  • reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
  • reptilianly — in the manner of a reptilian
  • repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
  • respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
  • respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
  • retail park — A retail park is a large specially built area, usually at the edge of a town or city, where there are a lot of large shops and sometimes other facilities such as cinemas and restaurants.
  • retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
  • retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
  • robot plane — an unmanned plane
  • rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
  • rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
  • safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
  • salad plate — a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
  • sales pitch — promotional talk
  • salpingitis — inflammation of a salpinx.
  • sample rate — (digital signal processing)   The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
  • santa paula — a city in SW California.
  • sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
  • scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
  • scrap metal — discarded metal
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
  • semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
  • semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
  • sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
  • septavalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
  • septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
  • serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
  • shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
  • single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
  • snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
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