11-letter words containing l, p, a, t
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
- flight path — the trajectory of a moving aircraft or spacecraft relative to a fixed reference.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- foot patrol — an assigned or habitual round or route, as of a police officer or sentry
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- ftp by mail — A service offered by DEC to allow people without Internet access to get copies of files which are available by anonymous FTP. Send a message with just the word "help" in the body to <[email protected]>.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gold-plated — secure, valuable
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- hall porter — concierge
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- health camp — a camp, usually at the seaside, for children requiring health care
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- heptathlete — (athletics) An athlete who competes in the heptathlon.
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- heptavalent — septivalent.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hylopathist — an adherent of hylopathism
- hyoplastral — of or relating to hyoplastra