14-letter words containing p, a, l, i, t
- inseparability — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- instant replay — Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- inter-parental — of or relating to a parent.
- inter-particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interpellation — a procedure in some legislative bodies of asking a government official to explain an act or policy, sometimes leading, in parliamentary government, to a vote of confidence or a change of government.
- interplanetary — being or occurring between the planets or between a planet and the sun.
- interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- intrafallopian — occurring within either of the Fallopian tubes
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- j/psi particle — the lightest of the psi particles, the first particle to be discovered that contains a charmed quark.
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
- keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- knight templar — Templar.
- lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
- lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- latin alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from the Greek alphabet through Etruscan, used from about the 6th century b.c. for the writing of Latin, and since adopted, with modifications and additions of letters such as w, by the languages of Western Europe, including English, as well as many other languages.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- lepontine alps — a range of the S central Alps, in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak: Monte Leone, 3553 m (11 657 ft)
- leptomeningeal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- lipogrammatism — the practice or art of writing lipograms
- lipogrammatist — a person who writes lipograms
- lipstick plant — any of several trailing, epiphytic vines of the genus Aeschynanthus, of the gesneria family, especially A. pulcher or A. radicans, native to southeast Asia, having tubular red or orange flowers.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lithographical — Of or pertaining to lithography.
- local politics — political activity at local level, as opposed to national politics
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.