11-letter words containing l, p, a
- dapple-grey — a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour
- das kapital — a work (1867) by Karl Marx, dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based.
- datum plane — the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- delapidated — Misspelling of dilapidated.
- delipidated — Simple past tense and past participle of delipidate.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- delphically — in an ambiguous manner; obscurely
- demand-pull — designating or having to do with a form of inflation in which prices are driven up by an excess demand for goods and services, relative to their supply
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- dental pulp — pulp (def 4).
- dependables — Plural form of dependable.
- dephlegmate — to remove watery substances from (acids or spirits) in order to purify
- deplanement — Disembarking from an aircraft.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depolarized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolarize.
- depolarizer — a substance added to the electrolyte of an electric cell or battery to remove gas collected at the electrodes.
- depopulated — (of a place) reduced in population
- depopulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate.
- depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- depreciable — able to be depreciated for tax deduction
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- desert palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- developable — Able to be developed, in particular.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- digital pen — a pen-like device that enables a person to enter information into a digital electronic device by writing on a screen
- dilapidated — reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
- dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- diplomatist — British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
- diplomatize — to use diplomacy or tact.
- diplophonia — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.