8-letter words containing l, p, t
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lipstick — a crayonlike oil-based cosmetic used in coloring the lips, usually in a tubular container.
- lisptalk — "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- lockport — a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- lopolith — a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- maladapt — To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
- malapert — unbecomingly bold or saucy.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milpitas — a town in W California.
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- misspelt — Simple past tense and past participle of misspell.
- multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
- multiped — having many feet.
- multiple — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- multiply — to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
- naphtali — the sixth son of Jacob and Bilhah. Gen. 30:7,8.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- naphthyl — containing the naphthyl group.
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- netsplit — netburp
- nit-lamp — jacklight.
- nonuplet — One of a group of nine, especially such a multiple birth.
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- octaloop — (genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif.
- octopole — (physics) A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing
- oppilate — to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- optional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- optology — the science of testing eyes for lenses
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.