9-letter words containing l, p, t
- lift pump — a pump in which a liquid is lifted rather than forced up from below.
- light pen — a handheld light-sensitive device used for pointing at characters or objects on a CRT in order to make or modify drawings or to indicate functions to be performed.
- lightship — a ship anchored in a specific location and displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships, as in avoiding dangerous areas. Abbreviation: LS.
- limpidity — clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lipolytic — Of or pertaining to lipolysis.
- lipoplast — a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp that of seeds, in which fat is stored
- lipotropy — the process of breaking down excess fat in the human body
- lippitude — the state of having bleary or sore eyes
- lipsticks — Plural form of lipstick.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
- locuplete — amply stocked
- logotypes — Plural form of logotype.
- long stop — a fielder who stands behind the wicket keeper, and catches balls the wicket keeper misses
- loop knot — a knot made by doubling over a line at its end and tying both thicknesses into a square knot in such a way as to leave a loop.
- lophodont — having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.
- lopoliths — Plural form of lopolith.
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lymphitis — (archaic) lymphadenopathy.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- mail path — source route
- maladapts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maladapt.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- matagalpa — a city in W central Nicaragua.
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- melitopol — a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.
- metapelet — a woman who cares for children, especially on kibbutzim in Israel; foster mother.
- metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metroplex — a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
- metropole — A metropolis; the main city of a country or area. (from 15th c.).
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- mossplant — another term for moss
- multi-ply — having or composed of several plies: a multi-ply fabric.
- multicopy — any of several or many copies (of a book, document, record, etc)
- multilisp — (language) A parallel extension of Scheme with explicit concurrency. The form (future X) immediately returns a "future", and creates a task to evaluate X. When the evaluation is complete, the future is resolved to be the value.
- multipack — a packaged item containing two or more products sold as a unit.
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- multipara — a woman who has borne two or more children, or who is parturient for the second time.
- multipart — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- multipath — a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- multipion — involving several or many pions
- multiplay — Denoting a compact disc player that can be stacked with a number of discs before needing to be reloaded.
- multiples — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- multiplet — a group of several related spectral lines, usually of nearly the same wavelengths.
- multiplex — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.